Chapter 118: Instructional Match

After the first game ended, there was a 10-minute break. The coaches from both teams immediately went to the soundproof booths. On Tianhuan’s side, Coach Lin was all smiles, evidently very satisfied with the players’ performance just now.

In contrast, Yaoguang’s side looked tense, from the coach to the players. Especially Yu’mao, whose expression looked as if he had eaten something bad and wanted to relieve himself but couldn’t—utterly aggrieved.

In the backstage viewing area, Xie Weiyu watched the broadcast screen and said, “Yu’mao’s mentality has been broken by Yang Yang, hasn’t it?”

Xu Zhuo laughed loudly, “Chi Shu and Ye Shaoyang not only killed Yu’mao 6 times in a row, but they also spammed voice lines to mock him—’Did you think you could escape?’ ‘This is destiny, do not attempt to resist!'”

Xie Weiyu: “…”

Professional players all turn on in-game voice lines during matches. Yu’mao heard “This is destiny” six times in a row this game; he probably developed psychological trauma towards the hero [Goddess of Destiny].

Xie Weiyu looked at the coach inside the soundproof booth. After he left the team, Yaoguang also changed their coach, whose style was completely different from the previous season. Last season’s Yaoguang played steadily, emphasizing cooperation and winning through details. This season, Yaoguang played aggressively, often initiating team fights, with a fervent and intense style.

To fans, the visual effect was great, but in reality, when they encountered a team stronger in team fights, they were prone to collapse. This was the key reason why Yaoguang was eliminated from Group S with 4 losses and 1 win.

Xu Zhuo looked at Xie Weiyu’s complicated expression, patted his shoulder, and whispered, “Don’t overthink it. Since you’ve left Yaoguang, whatever happens to Yaoguang’s future has nothing to do with you.”

Xie Weiyu nodded. “Don’t worry, Captain Xu. In tomorrow’s match against Yaoguang, I will do my best.”

Inside the soundproof booth, Yaoguang’s coach quickly calmed the players’ emotions, saying, “It doesn’t matter that we lost the first game; let’s pull a reverse sweep! Yu’mao, pick a mobile marksman. Aren’t they specifically targeting the bottom lane? Let them come!”

Inside Tianhuan’s soundproof booth, Chi Shu looked at Ye Shaoyang with a gentle gaze. “You’re shot-calling this game?”

Ye Shaoyang smiled. “Yeah, using Yaoguang for practice.”

Coach Lin had long known about Ye Shaoyang’s command talent. Chi Shu had previously suggested letting Ye Shaoyang command the second game against Yaoguang, and Coach Lin agreed after thinking it over. After all, the teams in Group S were difficult to deal with and were very familiar with Chi Shu. Perhaps letting Shaoyang command could catch Group S off guard.

Going directly to command in Group S would be risky, so using Yaoguang for practice today was perfect.

The BP for the second game began quickly.

In this game, Tianhuan was on the Blue side, with first ban and first pick.

Coach Lin continued to ban supports consecutively. Yaoguang changed their strategy and banned two mid-laners consecutively.

Since the seeding match used the Global BP mode, Ye Shaoyang had already used [Goddess of Destiny] in the first game and couldn’t use it again in the second, so there was no need to ban it. Yaoguang’s coach sent his [Abyss Ruler] and [Illusionist] to the ban list.

Seeing this, Yao Mu couldn’t help but say, “Does this mean they want to ban all high-burst mid-laners?”

Goddess of Destiny, Abyss Ruler, and Illusionist all shared common traits: fast roaming speed and the ability to instantly kill squishies with a burst combo, posing a huge threat to backline marksmen.

Seeing this, Ye Shaoyang couldn’t help but curl his lips upward.

Cheng Xing said from the side, “My Brother Yang’s hero pool is so deep, can they ban them all?”

Ye Shaoyang said, “Let’s give them 2 more ban slots. Pick Top and Bot first.”

Tianhuan picked the marksman [Machine Gun Hunter] first. Yaoguang immediately broke up the Machine Gun Hunter’s best partner, the [Mechanical Expert] support, and picked [Wind Spirit] for the marksman position. This was the most mobile marksman, not easily caught and killed.

Tianhuan’s 2nd and 3rd picks took the [Time Traveler] support and [Berserker] top laner.

Yao Mu said, “Tianhuan still hasn’t picked a mid-laner. Are they confident enough in their mid-laner’s hero pool?”

Brother Dong said, “In that case, Yaoguang can continue to ban mid-laners in the P2 phase.”

Yaoguang’s 3rd pick took the mid-laner [Frost Goddess], capable of crowd control and wave clearing, a well-rounded hero.

In the second phase, Tianhuan banned two top laners capable of cutting the backline: [Vampire Duke] and [Blade Will]. Yaoguang continued to target the mid-lane position, consecutively banning [World-Ending Mage] and [Holy Spirit Mage].

Yao Mu said, “Lieyang had 4 mid-laners banned. This is truly supreme VIP treatment.”

Brother Dong sighed, “Yaoguang’s thinking isn’t wrong, actually, because frequent mid-lane roams pose too great a threat to the side lanes. Abyss Ruler, Illusionist, and World-Ending Mage are all heroes who can instantly delete marksmen with a burst combo. In team fights, if the marksman gets deleted before dealing damage, the front line can easily collapse.”

Yao Mu nodded in agreement. “Yes, by banning all burst-type and strong-control mid-laners, and with the marksman carrying Flash, the survival environment will be much better.”

Brother Dong said, “But this way, Tianhuan’s carry junglers are released. Tianhuan can also pick a carry jungler to cut the backline and force a kill on the marksman.”

However, Tianhuan’s 4th pick directly selected the [Fighter], a utility jungler.

The [Wind Spirit] marksman was already mobile. Instead of picking a high-burst jungler to cut him down, they picked a utility jungler? Did they plan not to kill our marksman?

Yaoguang’s coach was stunned for a moment, then frowned and said, “Pick King of Fighters and Paladin.”

Tianhuan’s last pick was the mid-laner. The audience stared curiously at the big screen, wanting to see what hero Tianhuan Lieyang would bring out after the opponent banned four mid-laners in a row.

Then, a hero that surprised everyone appeared in the selection box—

Earth Mage · Bruno.

Yao Mu said in surprise, “Picking Earth Mage, are they going to play positional warfare?”

Brother Dong analyzed the lineups of both sides carefully. “On Yaoguang’s side, the top laner [Paladin] is very tanky and can soak damage for teammates; the mid-laner [Frost Goddess] has control and AOE damage, good for both offense and defense; the jungler [King of Fighters] is a hero with relatively strong burst; the marksman [Wind Spirit] is very mobile, and the support [Mechanical Expert] can use mechanical soldiers to root people and protect the marksman.”

“On Tianhuan’s side, the marksman [Machine Gun Hunter] clears waves fast; the support [Time Traveler]’s skill Time Rewind can heal the whole team and speed them up; the top laner [Berserker] pushes lanes fast but is relatively squishy; the jungler [Fighter] is also a hero with multiple dashes and fast lane pushing; the mid-laner [Earth Mage] has strong terrain control capabilities, able to block opponents’ pursuit, and his ultimate can even trap people.”

With this analysis, the audience finally understood.

“Tianhuan is using a relatively novel operational strategy!” Yao Mu said excitedly. “[Earth Mage] mid, paired with [Time Traveler] support. I’m looking forward to seeing what surprises this hero combination will bring us!”

“Both sides have completed BP. Let’s enter the second game of Tianhuan VS Yaoguang.”

The match began.

Yaoguang played aggressively again this game, bullying Chi Shu’s jungler for having low damage in the early game. The three of them grouped up to invade the jungle. Ye Shaoyang went to support immediately, placing a huge rock at the narrow entrance of the jungle, blocking Yaoguang’s path.

[Earth Mage]’s Q skill could summon rocks on the ground to become “obstacles” that enemies couldn’t cross unless they used displacement skills or Flash. Otherwise, they would be blocked for the 3 seconds the rock existed.

Yao Mu laughed. “Earth Mage, also known as the ‘Dissuasion Strategy.’ Opponent wants to chase? Put a rock to block you. The voice line for this skill is quite mocking.”

The director aptly played the voice line when [Earth Mage] placed the rock: “Come over here!”

The three Yaoguang invaders: “…”

Can’t come over!

Blocked by two rocks, they had no choice but to retreat.

Chi Shu took the opportunity to quickly kill the Blue Buff.

Fans in the livestream room were a bit puzzled:
[Is Captain Chi, the tool man, not giving up the Blue?]
[Yang Yang left directly, didn’t ask for Blue. Earth Mage doesn’t need Blue!]

Chi Shu cleared all the resources in the upper jungle. Then, everyone saw Chi Shu and Ye Shaoyang go to the mid lane together. The two cleared minions together and contested the river crab together.

Yaoguang’s jungler just wanted to steal the crab when Ye Shaoyang placed two rocks in front of him consecutively. The voice line changed to: “Can’t come over, right?”

Opponent jungler: “…”

Chi Shu successfully took the river crab.

Yao Mu suppressed a laugh and said, “Cough, Earth Mage’s terrain control ability is indeed excellent. Lieyang placed this rock very cleverly. However, this game’s [Fighter] doesn’t seem to be playing as a utility tool man. He didn’t give up jungle resources to the mid-laner in the early game and instead leeched a wave of minions from the mid lane.”

Brother Dong said, “[Fighter] has low damage in the early game, but after completing three core items, his damage is still considerable. Moreover, his E skill has three dashes. His roaming speed and lane pushing speed are very fast.”

Ye Shaoyang continued to lane against the Frost Goddess in the mid lane.

Both chose utility-oriented mages; neither could kill the other, so they farmed peacefully.

In the bottom lane, Yu’mao picked the very mobile [Wind Spirit] this game. Cheng Xing’s skills were hard to hit him with. Both sides also farmed minions. When fighting for the river crab, Yu’mao took advantage and secured the crab, which Cheng Xing had beaten to low health, with an empowered basic attack.

Both junglers soon reached Level 6. Chi Shu went to the bottom lane as usual, and Yaoguang’s jungler also came to the bottom lane.

In the first 3v3 skirmish, because Qu Jiang’s support [Time Traveler] could speed up the team and heal, when Yaoguang’s jungler tried to force a kill on Cheng Xing, Qu Jiang healed him back up. Chi Shu wanted to kill Yu’mao, but Yu’mao Flashed away.

No one killed anyone. Both marksmen went home to replenish their status at the same time.

A moment later, the first Small Dragon spawned. Yaoguang’s captain pressed the gather button at the Small Dragon’s location. Everyone rushed to the dragon pit, but… no one from Tianhuan came.

Yaoguang’s captain Zi Ye was stunned for a moment and said, “Are they ambushing, or did they give up the Small Dragon?”

Support Ling Tong said, “I’ll go scout!”

He used mechanical soldiers to scout the nearby bushes and cleared a ward placed by Qu Jiang, but still didn’t find where the Tianhuan team was. Just then, Yaoguang’s top laner Jones suddenly said, “They’re in the top lane!”

The minion waves met in the top lane.

Old Qin, Chi Shu, and Ye Shaoyang appeared simultaneously, quickly clearing minions and pushing the tower.

The top lane defense tower was whittled down to half health. Meanwhile, in the bottom lane, Cheng Xing and Qu Jiang also popped up, clearing the minion wave rapidly.

Yaoguang’s Zi Ye decided decisively: “Take the Small Dragon! Push bot.”

Tianhuan gave up the first Small Dragon and went to push the top tower instead.

Yaoguang quickly took the Small Dragon. However, by the time they finished the dragon and arrived at the bottom lane, Cheng Xing and Qu Jiang had already cleared the minions and retreated. They wanted to push the tower but had no minion wave, so they had to return to their lanes to deal with minions.

Yaoguang’s top laner rushed from the jungle to the top lane.

As a result, when he passed by a bush, someone suddenly rushed out carrying a big sword, slashing at his forehead! Immediately following, two rocks fell from the sky, blocking his path.

… Three members of Tianhuan were camping him in the jungle!

Yaoguang’s top laner this game was the thick-skinned Paladin, but even he couldn’t withstand the damage from three people. In a blink of an eye, he was beaten to a sliver of health. Top laner Jones immediately Flashed away and recalled with low health.

“Don’t chase,” Ye Shaoyang said. “Push top tower.”

He went to the mid lane to deal with minions, while Chi Shu and Qin Yizhu went to the top lane to clear the next wave.

The two quickly pushed down the top tower with the minion wave.

——Our defense tower has been destroyed.

The moment this message popped up, a bad premonition rose in Yaoguang Zi Ye’s heart.

Tianhuan gave up the Small Dragon just to push down the top tower as fast as possible!

First, use one wave of minions to grind the top tower to half health; then camp the top laner in the jungle, beat him back to base, and use the next wave of minions to take down the half-health defense tower.

Chi Shu supporting the bottom lane just now was a feint.

Their goal this game wasn’t targeting the bottom lane, but a diversionary tactic to take down the top tower by surprise!

The defense tower fell too fast.

[Berserker] and [Fighter], these two melee heroes, could stack attack speed with basic attacks, hitting faster and faster. In the early game, when marksmen hadn’t built attack speed items, the tower-pushing efficiency of these two melee heroes was much higher than marksmen!

Without anyone defending, the defense tower was bound to fall with two waves of minions.

Zi Ye’s expression changed, and he immediately said, “Mid-laner support top, defend the inner tower!”

The outer tower was gone. If the inner tower fell too, the top lane high ground would be threatened, and the upper jungle might also be lost.

Hearing this, mid-laner Cong Cong immediately went to the top lane to support.

However, the hero [Berserker] pushed lanes extremely fast. After Old Qin pushed a wave, he turned back to help mid, pushing the mid lane minion wave over as well.

Chi Shu and Ye Shaoyang went to the bottom lane together.

With the opposing mid-laner absent, a 4v3 situation formed in the bottom lane.

Ling Tong immediately shouted, “Retreat, retreat, retreat! Four of them!”

Yu’mao was killed 6 times in a row last game, so he didn’t dare to be careless this game. After clearing minions, he retreated immediately.

The result was that Qu Jiang activated the skill “Time Rewind” to heal teammates, then rushed under the defense tower and activated the “Interference” skill.

Interference could disable the defense tower’s attack capability for a period of time.

Without a minion wave, Qu Jiang used Interference to force a demolition. The four of them joined hands and took down the bottom outer tower as well!

——Our defense tower has been destroyed.

The system sound effect rang again. The 5 members of Yaoguang could no longer remain calm.

At this point, the match had only been going for 12 minutes.

Top outer tower down, bot outer tower down, kill score 0:0. But they seemed to be led by the nose by Tianhuan. This feeling was exceptionally uncomfortable!

After pushing down both outer towers, Ye Shaoyang said, “Group up and push mid.”

Yaoguang’s 5 members were forced to defend, but due to the disadvantage in top and bot lane minion waves, they always had to send someone to deal with minions. The result was that Tianhuan fought with numbers advantage in the mid lane. Qu Jiang activated Interference, W skill “Time Rewind” sped up and healed the whole team, and Berserker and Fighter forcefully demolished the tower while tanking shots!

It was useless even if your Frost Goddess used her ultimate.

Time Rewind’s healing mechanism was reversing time, restoring health to the state it was 2.5 seconds ago. So, as long as you couldn’t instantly delete Tianhuan’s front line, their health could be brought back up.

——Our defense tower has been destroyed!

14 minutes into the match, the mid outer tower fell too!

Tianhuan started operating on three lanes simultaneously.

At this time, the kill score was still 0:0, but the 5 members of Yaoguang felt even worse than being killed repeatedly.

Minion wave containment, macro management… it was like having strength but nowhere to use it!

Yu’mao farmed quite well this game, didn’t die once, and even stole two river crabs.

But his economy was lower than Cheng Xing’s—because of the team economy from defense towers.

Every destroyed enemy defense tower increased team economy. Yaoguang lost three towers, and Tianhuan’s economy had unknowingly pulled ahead by over 1000.

The inner towers couldn’t fall.

Ye Shaoyang said calmly, “Old Qin top, Captain Chi bot, remaining 3 push mid. 1-3-1 split push.”

1-3-1 split push was a very classic lane management strategy.

Put two heroes with high mobility, fast wave clear, and strong escape abilities on the top and bottom side lanes to push minions. The remaining 3 group up to push mid. The opponent would be contained by our side and forced to deal with side lane minions.

Qin Yizhu picked the hero [Berserker] this game. When Berserk mode was activated, his attack speed was lightning fast, slashing 3 times in 1 second. His speed in clearing minions and pushing towers was extremely fast. He could deal with a wave of minions in seconds, while the opposing top laner Paladin was very clumsy, taking twice as long to clear a wave.

Chi Shu’s [Fighter] was the same: fast clear, lots of dashes.

The classic 1-3-1 split push strategy gave Yaoguang a huge headache.

In a blink of an eye, the top lane minions were pushed to the second tower, the bottom lane to the second tower, and the three people in the mid lane were still pushing forward. Do you deal with it or not?

If you don’t deal with it, the minions will grind the defense tower to low health.

Yaoguang’s captain gritted his teeth and said, “Mid lane, support activate speed boost, burst them down!”

5v3. Yaoguang’s support built a team speed boost item this game. After activating the boost, the 5 of them chased like a gale. Paladin jumped straight onto their faces, and the jungler also targeted Cheng Xing, wanting to instant-kill him with a combo.

However, Qu Jiang’s [Time Traveler] directly activated his W skill “Time Rewind.” The 3 of them activated speed boost and retreated rapidly, their health instantly filled up. At the same time, Ye Shaoyang burst his hand speed and dropped a Q skill—

Three rocks fell from the sky, directly blocking Yaoguang’s 5 members.

“Can’t come over, right?”

“Can’t catch me, right?”

The rocks only existed for 3 seconds but successfully cut off Yaoguang’s pursuit.

Yu’mao gritted his teeth in anger: “Fuck!” He really wished he could Flash forward and beat this Lieyang to death, but Support Ling Tong immediately signaled retreat: “Retreat, retreat, retreat! Their top and jungle are flanking!”

After Old Qin and Chi Shu finished pushing the lanes top and bottom, they quickly converged on mid to encircle them.

The 5 members of Yaoguang had no choice but to retreat helplessly.

The inner towers of both side lanes lost a lot of health from this wave of minions. If Tianhuan continued to play minion wave management, they could use the advantage of minion waves on three lanes to quickly push to the high ground and force them into a “prison match.”

Dragging on like this meant a slow death.

They had to find an opportunity in team fights to create a breakthrough.

Yaoguang quickly cleared this wave of minions, and the support went near the Baron to place wards, but Tianhuan had no intention of starting the dragon. Ye Shaoyang checked the health of the top and bottom defense towers and smiled. “Let’s push another wave.”

Tianhuan continued to push lanes frantically. The mid lane defense tower was also taken down to half health by Cheng Xing seizing the opportunity.

Yaoguang’s 5 members felt like they were being played like monkeys, incredibly uncomfortable.

Zi Ye glanced at the Berserker pushing the top lane and said, “Go catch and kill the top laner!”

Ye Shaoyang reminded, “Old Qin retreat, we’re coming to support.”

Yaoguang’s support, jungler, and marksman flew to the top lane. The jungler used a combo to smash Old Qin’s [Berserker] into the wall, and marksman Yu’mao immediately followed up with damage…

Just as the squishy [Berserker] was about to be shot dead, several rocks fell from the sky again!

Ye Shaoyang’s [Earth Mage] supported quickly, placing a row of falling rocks in front of the three Yaoguang members. Qin Yizhu immediately Flashed and ran away with low health.

Yaoguang’s jungler was sandwiched between two rocks, unable to advance or retreat.

Cheng Xing fired wildly from a distance. [Machine Gun Hunter]’s Q skill spray hit the opposing jungler with every shot. The three opponents had to retreat in disarray.

This attempt to catch someone failed, and they ended up crippled instead.

——Our defense tower has been destroyed.

Tianhuan took the opportunity to push down the top inner tower.

At the same time, Chi Shu and Qu Jiang pushed through the bottom lane, taking the minions straight to the high ground!

The kill score was still 0:0.

Tianhuan hadn’t lost a single defense tower. Yaoguang’s top and bottom lanes were pushed through, and the mid inner tower had only one drop of health left, which was taken down by Cheng Xing tanking the tower shots.

Prison match.

17 minutes into the match, Yaoguang only had three high ground towers left.

Seeing this, Yao Mu couldn’t help but smile and say, “‘God’s War’ is essentially a tower-pushing game; kills aren’t important. Triple kills, pentakills, they just look pretty. The essence of this game actually lies in minion wave management and macro play.”

Brother Dong praised, “That’s right. This isn’t a fighting game. Looking at kill counts holds little meaning. For example, in this game, the kill score is still 0:0, but Tianhuan has already pushed to the opponent’s high ground.”

Tianhuan’s approach this wave…

Was no different from a public face-slapping.

Just yesterday, a strange “Marksman Ranking” appeared on Weibo’s trending topics. Yaoguang Yu’mao was ranked second because of his high average kills per game. Tianhuan Fanxing was ranked last because his kills were too few.

Kill counts actually didn’t represent anything. As Yao Mu said: just looks pretty.

A team’s strength was never judged by kill ratios.

In the first game, Tianhuan forcefully killed Yu’mao 6 times, like a bucket of cold water dousing his arrogance.

In the second game, Ye Shaoyang couldn’t be bothered to kill anyone, using superb macro skills to drag Yaoguang to death.

The 0:0 kill score was the most direct mockery!

A prison match was hard to play. 5 people forced to defend the high ground, unable to go out, meant the entire map was dark to them. There was absolutely no vision outside. No matter where they went, they might be ambushed. Unless they dragged it out until everyone had 6 full items and turned the tables with one team fight, wiping out the opponent.

In this game for Yaoguang, [Frost Goddess]’s ultimate could clear a wave of minions, and [Wind Spirit]’s clear speed was decent too. Zi Ye looked at the match time and gritted his teeth, “Stall, wait until the economy hits 10k, then crush them in one wave!”

Theoretically, this was feasible.

However, Tianhuan played too steadily this game, so steady there were no flaws, giving no chance for picking off stragglers or counter-attacking.

After establishing enough advantage, the five began to group up to push lanes, counter-jungle, plunder resources, and take dragons. Slow and steady, the snowball grew bigger and bigger.

Before Yaoguang’s economy reached 10k, Tianhuan reached 10k first. Ye Shaoyang, Cheng Xing, and Chi Shu all completed their six-item builds. Old Qin bought two defensive items to tank damage, and Qu Jiang’s support item was fully upgraded.

Ye Shaoyang said, “Take Baron.”

After pushing minions to the high ground, Tianhuan turned to take the dragon.

Yaoguang quickly cleared the minions, and the 5 grouped up to steal the dragon—this might be their only chance! If they could wipe out Tianhuan in this team fight, they could push the minions out and counter-push.

Zi Ye said, “Force engage, kill their backline!”

[Paladin] jumped directly into the dragon pit. Jungler [King of Fighters] used a combo to stun Cheng Xing. Yu’mao fired wildly from the periphery, quickly crippling Tianhuan’s front line.

Ye Shaoyang said, “Retreat, counter-attack!”

Tianhuan’s lineup was indeed relatively squishy.

After Yaoguang’s burst of skills, everyone on Tianhuan was crippled, left with half health. However, Qu Jiang used a W skill “Time Rewind.” While the teammates sped up, their health was also restored by 20%.

Tianhuan’s 5 members utilized Qu Jiang’s speed boost to quickly widen the distance.

Ye Shaoyang turned back with an ultimate—

Suddenly, 4 walls made of rock appeared on the ground, forming a closed rectangular encirclement, trapping all 5 members of Yaoguang inside.

The Earth Mage’s cold voice rang out: “Stay where you belong, stop indulging in wishful thinking!”

Yaoguang members: “…”

Audience: “…………”

This sentence was truly meaningful.

Where did Yaoguang belong? Group A!

Yao Mu was laughing and crying at the same time. “Lieyang’s control skill caught all 5 members of Yaoguang directly!”

Brother Dong praised, “Earth Mage’s terrain control is actually very hard to execute. The ultimate requires dragging the mouse quickly to draw a rectangle, forming a rock encirclement. Usually, catching 3 people is already excellent.”

Yao Mu said, “But in this play, with the help of Support [Time Traveler]’s speed boost, Lieyang pulled away and used his ultimate as a counter while the opponent was chasing, trapping all 5 members of Yaoguang!”

The livestream room was flooded with “666”.

[Yaoguang, stay where you belong!]
[Earth Mage’s control, also known as the Pig Pen, heard of it?]
[Walls on all four sides, can’t get through, right?]
[Hahaha Yaoguang’s 5 people got penned in, so miserable!]

As a utility mage, Earth Mage’s damage output was definitely not as good as assassin mages or artillery mages.

However, Ye Shaoyang now had a full 6-item build. Following the ultimate with W and E combos, not only did he trap the opponents in a “pig pen,” but countless rocks also rained down from the sky, smashing onto their heads and faces!

Yaoguang’s five members were instantly smashed to low health.

The terrain control only lasted 2.5 seconds.

This amount of time was enough for Tianhuan’s teammates.

Cheng Xing activated his ultimate directly, bullets raining down in a frenzy, sweeping away Yaoguang’s two front liners in a blink of an eye. Chi Shu’s [Fighter] and Old Qin’s [Berserker] coordinated to cut in from the flank, one targeting the mid-laner, the other insta-killing the marksman. Ye Shaoyang stood in the distance using Q to control the field.

Trapped inside, Yaoguang’s 5 members were literally like “turtles in a jar.”

In a flash, his teammates were all dead. Yu’mao, with a dark face, Flashed to escape.

As a result, Ye Shaoyang accurately placed a falling rock on his retreat path. [Wind Spirit] rammed headfirst into Ye Shaoyang’s rock and died instantly.

——[Tianhuan Lieyang (Earth Mage) has slain YG-Yu’mao (Wind Spirit)]

Audience: “…”

Yu’mao: “…………”

This… was really a bit ugly.

[Hahahaha, Flashing into a wall, so silly.]
[Laughed until I puked, was that a positioning error?]
[I only saw Yu’mao suddenly Flash and then ram himself to death on Yang Yang’s rock.]
[Can’t win so he rammed himself to death, good job!]
[Brothers and sisters, quick, screenshot, make memes.]

Thus, the image of Yu’mao Flashing and ramming himself to death on a rock was screenshotted and turned into memes, captioned with various texts: “I don’t want to live anymore!” “Proving my will with death!” “This game is too hard, I’d rather crash and die!” “Flashing into a wall, Alliance’s number one marksman, heard of him?”

At this moment, Yu’mao’s face was as black as the bottom of a pot.

It wasn’t that he Flashed into a rock, but that Ye Shaoyang anticipated the direction of his Flash and placed a rock at his landing spot! Earth Mage’s rocks dealt magic damage in addition to blocking paths.

At this moment, Ye Shaoyang had a full 6-item build; the damage from his Q skill was enough to finish off a low-health marksman.

But would anyone listen to this explanation? Looking at the gray screen, Yu’mao’s hands trembled slightly, a breath stuck in his chest, wishing he could smash his keyboard!

Shortly after he died, red subtitles popped up on the screen.

——ACE!

Yaoguang was wiped out.

5 people lying at the crystal, forced to watch helplessly as Tianhuan led minions to destroy the crystal.

The kill score for this match was 5:0. In the early game, Tianhuan managed operations without killing a single person, yet pushed down all their outer towers, dragging a 0:0 game into a prison match.

In the final team fight, a clean counter-control, slaughtering them instantly like cutting melons and chopping vegetables to wipe the team!

What is called consciousness crushing?

They were led by the nose by Tianhuan from beginning to end in this game. Like a mature, steady adult saying to a mischievous child: “See that? This is how a match should be played.”

What are kills?

The most formidable aspect of a truly strong team actually lies in operations. Winning a match isn’t just about fighting, brawling, and killing all the time. So-called kill counts are just a pile of data, good-looking only on the surface.

Yao Mu smiled. “Congratulations to Tianhuan for winning the seeding match 2:0!”

Those who understood today’s match knew what Tianhuan meant.

I can win by killing you.

I can also win without killing you!

——Stay where you belong, stop indulging in wishful thinking.

Earth Mage’s final crucial ultimate directly sealed the movement of all 5 of them. Ye Shaoyang seemed to be using this method to tell them simply and crudely: “Stay honestly in Group A. Want to enter Group S? You are not worthy.”