Chapter 206.1: The mantis catches the cicada, but the yellow sparrow lurks behind! (2/2)
Yan Jiang and Xie He.
The physician and the duke.
Light and dark.
Quiet and violent.
All strung together by the medicine warlock talent!
EVE suffered heavy losses in this wave of encirclement and suppression.
Although they were able to kill Y1’s top-laner, they’d lost two people from their own side and a third had been left in critical health. They had no way to protect their top-lane tower.
Once Y1 tore open a gap, EVE would fall into a completely passive situation.
What was fatal was that a team like EVE was most afraid of being tied up like this.
Y1 wouldn’t give up an advantage like this that hadn’t been easy to obtain and showed an unprecedentedly strong play style. Their mid-jungler-support linkage reached new extremes and completely occupied half of EVE’s jungler zone. Not only that, they beat up the bottom lane’s marksman until they remained hidden behind their tower.
The competition zone championship hung on a fine line.
No one wanted to lose!
They were both champion teams and had the same pride, the same desire to win.
Although it was unknown what was said over team chat, EVE miraculously calmed down and began to look for opportunities.
Even if they had to give up a portion of their resources, even if they had to give up advantages along one of their lanes, even if their farm difference continued to increase, they still managed to stabilize their mentalities, like a cheetah holding its breath in the grass, waiting and looking for the best opportunity.
The game was about operations.
But it was also about opportunities.
There were plenty of games where the tables had turned despite a gap in farm of over 8000 gold.
There was infinite opportunity up until that last moment when the crystal exploded!
Finally, 20 minutes into the game, EVE found an opportunity. Their jungler pounced on Y1’s mid-laner who’d moved a bit too far forward. Their support, who was following Xie He, gave the whole team a speed buff and caught Y1 off guard with their arrival.
Even Yan Jiang was unable to prevent this kind of sudden death.
Their mid-laner fell, and their marksman was sniped at. Y1’s jungler launched a set of skills but was offset by Xie He’s switch to his light form…
Three people from Y1 died in a row. Yan Jiang managed to save their top-laner who had high health and defense, as well as their jungler, who had multiple movement skills.
The commentator’s voice was filled with passion, “Beautiful! EVE did a great round there!”
The director displayed a chart that showed the trend of their gold and overall farm. EVE, which had been on the downturn the whole way, gradually rose up because of this round of team fighting. Additionally, they had cleared out the jungler zone and the ancient creature after winning the team fight and reduced their farm gap up from 6000 to 2000.
The total farm gap between the two teams was now only 2000, which was a totally acceptable difference. As long as they were given another chance, EVE could even surpass Y1!
Tension was mounting.
Both sides lost all their outer towers, and they mutually avoided each other’s vision. The attention and focus of all ten players could be felt through the screen.
No matter which side gained the advantage, regardless of which team it was that initiated the same conditions as last time again, it would signal the end of the game.
29 minutes.
30 minutes.
31 minutes.
35 minutes…
The ten players in full gear collided a total of seven times, and it was in vain each time. They didn’t even manage to consume a single resurrection armor.
If it went on like this…
A fight over the ultimate dragon king would determine the winner.
Y1 moved first and started fighting the dragon. EVE clearly knew that they were being lured out, but they couldn’t just ignore the situation.
If they lost the dragon king, then EVE would be done for. They had to fight to the end this time regardless of whether or not it was a trap!
EVE’s five players appeared on camera. Their jungler, CC, was their team commander.
His expression was heavy, and it could be seen from the way his mouth moved that he was calling out ‘Xie’.
The medicine warlock went up!
Xie He took the lead to rush in, locking in on Y1’s marksman and mage despite having no advance vision.
Due to the terrain in the dragon pit, the positions of the two had to be relatively close. The medicine warlock enchanted himself, using Infusion and Render, then finally landed Heaven’s Punishment accurately on the two c-position players from Y1.
It was a series of skills that went out like floating clouds and flowing water, so amazing that it made people’s scalps go numb.
They all watched as Y1’s double c-positions’ health plummeted and they were near a seriously injured state.
And the holy light that was the counterpart to this evil light rose up. The same enchantment landed on those same teammates, and the same Infusion and Render was cast on their bodies, followed by another Heaven’s Punishment, which landed on Xie He’s body!
Yan Jiang’s medicine warlock could save lives and heal the wounded, but it could also kill people without leaving a single trace.
In this short five to six second period, the HP of these three people who’d collided together went up and down like a roller coaster, plummeting, soaring, and then plummeting again…
This heart racing kind of play was already enough to make people’s scalps go numb. What the hell was this double heart racing play!
The watching fans forgot to breathe; that was how thrilling the ten players in the canyon were!
System announcements rang out one after another.
Y1’s marksman died.
EVE’s jungler died.
Y1’s mid-laner died.
EVE’s marksman died.
……
The last to fall was Xie He, who’d taken a double kill, and the last person still standing was Yan Jiang, who managed to survive with the tiniest sliver of health.
The entire venue broke out in fierce applause, and the audience all stood up to appreciate this wonderful battle!
The championship belonged to Y1.
In this year’s European competition zone, Y1 lit up the whole stage!
xiin: and… we’re back. sorry about the extra-long break & thank you for being so patient while i’ve been busy <3 i’m going to give myself leeway to do releases every other day in july to get my stockpiles back up again, and then august will be back to daily releases so that ya’ll can get your daily doses of Wei Xiao crack~