Chapter 144: Wei Xiao: Who couldve known that I would encounter love on a street corner? (2/2)
TPT released the shadow thief, and FTW insta-locked it with their first pick. They weren’t ambiguous about it at all.
The scrolling comments were still kicking up a fuss, “There’s no use letting out the shadow thief. FTW’s entire state has already collapsed. Can Quiet even show off nine light arcs?”
“I think it’s unlikely.”
“Fellow brothers, listen to big brother: hurry and bet on TPT winning 2:0, you’re guaranteed to make a profit!”
There was a guessing and betting channel in Glory. The betting coins had no real value, but if players saved up, they could use them to trade for game props. This meant that players would really get into it.
“Okay! Laozi is going to use his life savings and bet on TPT shutting out FTW!”
“Don’t worry, just wait. You’ll make a fortune.”
There were others who were wailing, “I gave all my wealth to FTW before the match. Win for me!”
“I’m not betting on the scores, just betting on winning or losing. I don’t care about anything else, FTW has to win tonight!”
“Wuwuwu, I don’t want my betting coins, I just want my cubs to win the game!”
The audience watching offsite always deviated from the truth… by a lot!
Everyone was booing FTW, but the experts all knew that FTW was on the rise!
As soon as the second match began, Wei Xiao said to Bai Cai, “Follow Old Yue.”
Bai Cai: “Okay.”
Wei Xiao continued, speaking to the others, “Keep the same state from the last match.”
Ning Zhehan was still a little worried. “Will it work… Every player from TPT is very strong.”
Wei Xiao: “We’re not weak either.”
Ning Zhehan’s momentum soared up again, “Yeah!”
They weren’t weak either, or rather, it should be said that they were very strong!
They were FTW, last year’s champion team!
They were the number one team in their group, a team that had won nine out of their ten games!
Ning Zhehan was instantly injected with chicken blood and filled with energy.
Fu Li had already sensed the change in FTW after the end of the first match, and it only became more obvious in this game.
It was quite magical. He’d seen too many FTW games: the ones from the past seasons, the current games, the ones from the winter training camp, the ones during the regular season, and even countless training games.
He had analyzed carefully, pondered and dissected every game.
So, he was very clear on the habits of every FTW starter.
For example, how their mid-jungler linkage worked, how their bottom lane and support began their attacks, and even the way Tang Chen pushed towers…
With all these things in mind, Fu Li could easily analyze their rhythm and set up ambushes according to their movements.
They’d done so during the first half of the first game, catching FTW off guard and causing them to fall into a dangerous situation.
But soon, this team changed.
This ‘change’ was the most subtle thing.
They clearly had a sense of having trained with each other, and clearly had some stability when it came to their habits, but they were still able to go back to the state they’d been in at the start of the regular season.
Being able to do this was amazing, but did they think that they could win against TPT with this?
Too naive.
Wasn’t that just a big pit?
TPT wasn’t afraid of a team that had tacit understanding. How could they be afraid of a team that had no cooperation?
Fu Li wanted to use this opportunity to test out Wei Xiao’s shadow thief.
Unfortunately, it was only after the game that he understood why FTW dared to play like this.
Seven minutes into the game, in the bottom lane dragon pit, Fu Li commanded, “Ambush. The shadow thief will pass by.”
Eurostar: “I’ll hold Lele back.”
Fu Li: “Mm. Old Wu, come with me.”
Wu Si was TPT’s jungler, a very good blue collar jungler. “Okay.”
They squatted in the grass near the dragon pit and avoided being seen.
Sure enough, the shadow thief appeared five seconds later.
Fu Li: “Go.”
Wu Si was using the power thief. He didn’t hesitate to use a ground stab, wanting to catch the shadow thief and pull him over.
But who could’ve known that the shadow thief would react very quickly? It moved away from the ground stab and instantly entered stealth mode.
In this game, Fu Li had taken the fire mage. It wasn’t very agile, and it was also very squishy. He spoke unhurriedly, “Protect me.”
Based on Wei Xiao’s temperament, he would never retreat from a battle after a first encounter. He would definitely make his way around and aim for the c-position.
Wu Si was already protecting the fire mage, waiting with a ground stab. As long as the shadow thief came, he would control him to death.
But Wei Xiao didn’t go. Instead, he headed straight for the ancient creature.
Fu Li: “……”
Wu Si was stunned. “He…”
Fu Li spoke calmly, “Spread apart. He’s starting to stack up damage.”
If he wanted to brush out nine light arcs, he would have to stack up the damage. These stacks didn’t have to come from enemy heroes. It could also be built up by hitting jungle creeps.
It was just that the duration of the stacks was very short, and the player had to be very stable. Otherwise, the stack count would drop, and they wouldn’t even be able to think about brushing out a high arc count if they couldn’t build up enough damage and marks.
Wu Si found it astounding. “The wolves are so far away from the dragon. Does he have time to stack up damage?”
He did.
Fu Li: “As long as he’d long guessed that we’re here, then yes.”
His words had just fallen when nine light arcs exploded across the river. The huge attack range ensured that the fire mage with short legs wouldn’t be able to avoid it completely.
Less than one tenth of the total damage landed on Fu Li, but Fu Li’s health bar fell to the bottom.
Wu Si still had his movement skill and was able to hide further away. He didn’t lose any health, but…
He’d pulled away from the fire mage!
By the time Wu Si reacted to this, it was already too late.
The shadow thief landed after the light arcs. Its movement skill had just come off cooldown, and he shifted forward twice, taking away the helpless Captain Fu’s life.
System Announcement––
First Blood!
FTW. Quiet killed TPT.Auroral (Fu Li).
In FTW’s team chat.
Bai Cai: “Old Wei, beautiful!”
Little Ning reincarnated as a little fanboy. “Brother Xiao, how did you know that God Li would be there?”
Oh my god, could this be the legendary ‘I predicted your prediction’?
Sure enough, he was a real expert. Amaz…
Ning Zhehan’s worship hadn’t yet finished flowing through his blood when Wei Xiao answered him, “Accident.”
Ning Zhehan: “???”
Wei Xiao: “I was originally stacking up the damage to give the small dragon nine light arcs. Who could’ve known that I would encounter love on a street corner?”
After the game, Fu Li watched the replay along with FTW’s team chat, “……”
God Li had to drink three cups of black coffee with goji berries.
xiin: that coffee sounds really nasty