YM regrouped again. Now, their formation had changed to 131 points.
Lin Yan's card was in the top lane. Jin Gong, who had ultimates, was in the bottom lane. YM's three players were in the middle lane, pulling WE's aggro.
In the next two minutes, YM and WE didn't have any ultimates in their key positions. They had reached a tacit understanding and attacked the bottom lane. The situation was in a stalemate.
Lin Ran took advantage of the time before Frost Tam could use its ultimate skill to push the minions to the front of the Vampire's second tower. At the same time, he ate another group of Stone Golems and grinded down the second tower's HP to critical levels.
"To be honest, YM's economy is slightly ahead. However, most of their advantage is in their cards. Among the four teammates, only Xiao Tian's Princes' equipment is slightly better."
"Their card is still in the top lane. Now that WE's Ice Tam's ultimates have been upgraded, the four of them didn't manage to kill this card in the last wave. Let's see what WE'll do. Try to fight them head-on or go for the split push …"
"They're coming," Joker lowered his voice as if he was afraid of being heard by the YM players who were wearing soundproof headphones. "Kandy went around to YM's F4 camp and planted a teleport point."
"957 is teleporting!" Mille said passionately, "They're trying to force a head-on fight!"
JKL's current position was quite bad. He had moved too close to the front in order to deplete his opponent's energy. It was too late for him to retreat now.
Jin Gong, who was in the bottom lane, immediately activated his ult to protect JKL, who was the most important DPS in the head-on fight.
However, he was too late. Kandy's Excavator drilled through the F4 wall to the middle lane and blinked Verus.
Mystic's Magical Crystal Arrow pierced through the minions and went straight for Verus.
Xiao Ming, who was closest to JKL, could only watch helplessly as the arrow flew towards JKL's body. He had already used his [Blink] when he was trying to catch 957. He could only watch as the crystal arrow whizzed past JKL's body.
When Lin Yan saw that JKL was being controlled by the Magic Crystal Arrow, he gave up on the idea of using his ultimate skill to support him.
Ike landed on the ground and set up W [Time Stagger] in the middle. As he swung the bat in his hand, he used E [Phase Dive] to get out of the F4 camp.
Just in time to meet the retreating YM players.
"Ike's Temporal Field stunned two people!
Tam and Ice are rushing over! "Doll said," YM can't fight in this group battle! "
"YM is about to be defeated!" Joker exclaimed excitedly. His eyes were bright and full of life, no longer as lifeless as before.
JKL was protected by Shen's ultimate skill, but he was also stunned by Ike's time field. Ike, Excavator, Ice, Tam …
The damage output and crowd-control of the four players were all focused on YM's highest damage output, JKL.
Xiao Ming's Bull's Head was doing his best to protect his son that he had painstakingly raised. However, Bull's Head only had two crowd-control skills. How could he withstand WE's ferocious attacks?
Jin Gong flew down, but JKL was lying on the ground in the next second.
He was then pushed up by Kandi's Excavator again. Mystic's Ice activated Q [Shooter's Focus] and shot wildly. Jin Gong's speed reduction effect was attached to his body, making it difficult for him to move.
He had no choice but to use E and blink to escape.
Xiao Ming, who was surrounded by WE, had no ability to resist. Without the ability to blink, his ultimate skill was just a piece of beef that tasted slightly tough.
"YM's duo in the bottom lane has died!"
Joker said excitedly, "It hasn't even been 19 minutes and WE's about to reach the high ground!"
Xiao Tian and Jin Gong didn't have any turret-guarding abilities, so they couldn't stop WE's advance.
Lin Yan saw that WE's four players were all gathered in the middle lane. He boldly moved forward and destroyed the second tower in the top lane with a blue card.
Xi Ye was constantly distracting him from the side.
However, Vampire's equipment was too weak. He hadn't replenished for a long time because he had to defend the turret. He only had Spirit Visage and two buff tomes. The mana boost he provided wasn't enough to pose a threat to Lin Yan.
After destroying the second tower in the top lane, Lin Yan instantly drew a red card and hit Xi Ye with Flare.
He then used the speed reduction effect to chase after him. Xi Ye couldn't fight against the card and could only run towards the high ground. His butt was full of cards and his health was dropping rapidly.
He felt a deep sense of helplessness. As a tanker, Vampire couldn't stop the card's advance at all.
Without the turret, it was impossible to beat this card who had far superior equipment. Hiding behind the turret, the card only cared about accumulating minions and waiting for the turrets to arrive before pushing them into the turret. He then used the minions as cover to continuously destroy the turret.
A large number of minions protected the card master. Xi Ye realized that even his E [Tide of Blood] couldn't hit him. He could only numbly clear wave after wave of minions.
However, the card master's speed of destroying turrets would only get faster. If he returned to the city to replace the Lich … Xi Ye didn't dare to think too deeply about it.
Lin Yan used the minions to attack and drew another card. With the buff from the two Earth Dragons, his speed of destroying turrets was unstoppable. Together with the two cards from the turrets and minions, the turret's health dropped by 14%.
Xi Ye used the effect of Scarlet Dash to attack Lin Yan with a wave of QE. Lin Yan's health was left with more than half.
He saw that the members of WE were still destroying their turret in the middle lane and didn't seem to care about him at all. Thus, he began to choose cards again.
A normal attack with Dazzling Light damage was unleashed, and the top lane tower's HP dropped by another chunk.
Xi Ye couldn't sit still anymore. He couldn't let Lin Yan continue to destroy turrets. He decisively activated his ultimate [Plague of Blood] and ran forward aggressively.
The blue, red and yellow lights above Lin Yan's head continued to flash as he chose a blue card.
With the help of the acceleration effect, Vampire rushed to Lin Yan's face in the blink of an eye.
Lin Yan ignored him and threw a blue card at the turret. The turret that was originally sturdy had only half of its health left.
He took another QE from Xi Ye. Faced with Vampire who was constantly draining his health, he calmly activated Fate and teleported on the spot.
However, Xi Ye didn't want to kill him in the first place. He wanted to force Lin Yan out of the turret so that he could protect his turret.
"YM is at a disadvantage this time," Doll said. "Once the turret in the middle lane is destroyed, how are they going to set up the Dragon's vision later?"
"As long as WE get the Dragon, YM's lineup won't be able to stop WE's advance," Joker said proudly.
It was as he expected. The king of the regular season with a 16-game winning streak would show his true colors in the playoffs.
Lin Yan used his ultimate to teleport to a safe location. He commanded his teammates while channeling to return to the city to shop for Taobao.
"Mongoose, accompany Ming to set up the Dragon's vision later. Don't die. Jack, be careful with your positioning. It's best if you stay behind Xiao Ming. Don't play with cups."
"I know. I was a little impulsive just now." JKL scratched his head and admitted his mistake.
He returned to the city and bought the Lich's Calamity. He still had more than a thousand credits on him. After some consideration, he didn't buy the Useless Club. Instead, he chose the Explosive Wand and bought a bottle of Witchcraft Potion.
His equipment slots were full. Lin Yan consumed the potion and added two Eyes of the Truth.
After buying the Lich's Calamity, the cards entered a period of true dominance. Lin Yan wasn't weaker than any of WE's players in a one-on-one battle.
YM's members rushed to revive before the Dragon was born. Phyllostachys Pubescens walked in front with Scan, protecting Xiao Ming and setting up the Dragon's vision in advance.
"Brother Siba, you should follow the team. You don't have any ultimate skills and your TP speed is too slow. It's easy for you to not be able to keep up with the rhythm. I'll lead the bottom lane. We might be able to team up later."
Lin Yan said, "Don't be in a hurry to team up. It's best if you can drag it out. I can destroy towers very quickly now."
WE's members returned to the city to replenish their equipment and then rushed to the Dragon's pit that was about to spawn.
"Xi Ye, you should take care of the cards. It's fine as long as the Crystal doesn't drop. We'll try to force the Dragon's team and attack YM," Kandi commanded. "They definitely won't be able to beat us in a 4v4."
Xi Ye didn't have any objections. He was the only one in WE's lineup who was suitable to contain the cards.
957 didn't have a teleport and he only used Ice Fist. Spirit Visage was still short of money and Ike, who didn't have high magic resistance and limited health, was completely helpless against a Card Master with such equipment.
Lin Yan saw that the enemy's bottom lane didn't have enough minions in front of the first tower, so he only took the last hit and didn't move forward.
After blocking another wave of minions, Lin Yan took out a red card and started to push when the third wave of Artillery arrived.
With this, he accumulated three waves of minions, including two Artillery Troopers, and rushed to the second tower on the top lane.
(Tip: In 15-25 minutes, every two waves of minions will have a Artillery Trooper.)
Xi Ye's Vampire originally wanted to defend under the tower, but when he saw more than ten minions entering the tower, he almost fainted. How was he going to clear them?
Under the strong protection of the Artillery Troopers, Lin Yan took out a blue card and threw it on the tower.
Two Earth Dragons, the extra damage from the blue card, the passive from Lich's Calamity, and the passive from Witchcraft Mixture were stacked together. (Witchcraft: When dealing damage to heroes and towers, there will be an additional 25 true damage.)
With one card, the tower's health dropped by almost 13%.
What damage?
Seeing the passive attack speed provided by the Card Master's E ability, Seer continued to act as an Ace, pulling out a deck of cards from her bosom and smashing them against the defensive tower. Every single one of them carried multiple layers of BUFF effects.
He didn't have any big moves, so he could only retreat and give up the second tower.
However, Lin Yan didn't let him go. He led the three waves of minions straight to the high ground.
With Witchcraft Mixture and advanced cards, he cleared the minions very quickly. He didn't even need to use a red card. With Q's [Omnipotent Card] and a few normal attacks, the minions were all wiped out.
"This card destroys the tower too quickly. How will WE choose?" Doll said loudly. "Xi Ye alone can't stop him!"
"Ran is staking everything on this wave. He hasn't finished using his big move yet. He's determined to destroy the tower and pull WE back!" Mille shouted.
Seeing that Lin Yan didn't give up and wanted to push forward, Xi Ye could only call for his teammates in the voice chat. "You guys, come and help defend!"
"I'll bring Ice back …" Zero said hesitantly. He had a big move that could provide long-distance support.
"No, let's form a team. Don't go back no matter what!" Kandy made up his mind.
If they went back now, they would have lost the second tower at the bottom lane for nothing. They might even lose a Dragon. With Verus' attack speed and Princes' Debar's Flag, they could kill the Dragon very quickly.
If they wanted to deal with Card Master, they had to give Vampire a Dragon buff or destroy YM's base in a team battle.
"Zero, drive me to the back!" 957, who was always calm, also raised his voice.
Although Zero thought that rushing back to defend was the most reasonable choice, he still chose to trust his teammates at this critical moment.
He activated his R [Abyssal Dive]. He opened his mouth wide and drove Ike to the top half of YM's jungle. They circled behind YM's four players.
"Is WE going to form a team battle? Are they not going to care about the cards?"
"If that's the case, Ran will definitely tear it down all the way. Let's see how much time YM's four players can buy for the cards!" Mille shouted as he looked at the OB screen.
"You guys buy some time. I'm going to tear down the Crystal soon!" Lin Yan said.
He knocked the blue card in his hand on the bottom lane tower. The unbelievably high damage instantly reduced the tower's health.
Seer unleashed a barrage of QE attacks, clearing away a Cannon Soldier and a few melee soldiers. However, the tower was already on the brink of collapse under Lin Ran's relentless assault of poker cards.
He decided to give up on the top lane and ran back to the spring to repair the Rocket Belt.
Lin Yan successfully tore down the tower and continued to move towards the bottom lane Crystal.
When Xi Ye rushed back, Lin Yan threw out a Master Card to refresh the Lich's passive. Then, he used a normal attack to destroy the low health Crystal.
For the cards, tearing down the Crystal was more difficult than the tower because W's tricolor cards couldn't attack the tower.
At the same time, a 4v4 team battle broke out in the river.
Xiao Ming saw Tam and Ike from the back with his vision. Xiao Ming pushed Ike away with his horns before Ike's W's Time Stagger landed.
Xiao Tian's Princes's R covered Ice. He planned to trap the Ice so that he couldn't deal damage.
Mystic knew that this team battle would determine the outcome of the match. She didn't hesitate to use her skills. She decisively flashed away from Princes's obstruction and began to deal damage.
On top of the WE Highlands.
Xi Ye went forward to clear the minions. He used the Rocket Belt to get close to the minions.
As long as there were no minions, the cards couldn't tear down the tower.
However, Lin Yan began to cut the cards.
He was ready to stun Xi Ye.
Xi Ye was focused. He stared at the screen without blinking. He was constantly paying attention to Lin Yan's movements.
The card master locked onto the yellow card above his head. At the same time, he pulled out a card from his chest and threw it towards himself.
As Vampire's body was very close to the card, Xi Ye couldn't see the color of the card in Vampire's hand clearly.
He didn't dare to bet on whether the card in Lin Yan's hand was a real yellow card. He could only activate REW at the same time. He sprinkled oil on the minions. He retreated into the blood pool and moved forward.
This was indeed another fake yellow card. Lin Yan used the same trick again. He almost fooled Xi Ye with Camouflage.
He ran towards Vampire with the yellow card above his head.
"Jin Gong TPTPTP!" Lin Yan shouted.
Jin Gong, who was about to engage in a 1v1 with Ike, heard Lin Yan's call. He quickly dragged the minimap to WE Highland. He aimed his mouse at the Cannon Soldier next to Crystal and pressed "Teleport".
Mystic, who was attacking Xiao Tian with Excavator, saw the TP light up. He immediately shot the Magic Crystal Arrow at Jin Gong.
"Don't worry about him. I'll block it!" Xiao Ming said firmly.
He looked at the Crystal Arrow that was heading towards Shen and used Blink to block in front of Jin Gong.
The Magic Crystal Arrow hit Bull's Head's tall body. Xiao Ming activated his R [Firm Will] to remove the crowd-control. He then activated his Q [Earth Shatter] to send Tam, who wanted to lick Shen, flying.
"Bull's Head used his body to block the crowd-control. YM is going to send Jin Gong to WE Highland!" Doll shouted.
"JKL used his ultimate to trap Ike. He retreated with Blink. He wants to increase the distance between them and buy some time for the cards and Shen to demolish the base!"
Mille tried his best to control his excitement.
The observer was very professional. He switched the screen to two different viewpoints.
One was focused on the team battle at the river mouth. The other was focused on the progress of the demolition at WE Highland. There was one on the top right and one on the bottom left. The audience could see all the details of the battle clearly.
At the same time, the audience's noise reached its peak.
4.5 seconds of TP seemed like an eternity to WE Highland. However, they couldn't interrupt it.
Tam did not have the time to stack a passive on Shen. Ike's Temporal Field had already been used, and there was still a long way to go before the cooldown ended. Eich's Crystal Arrow was blocked by Ox-Head.
Only Kandi's Excavator still had the ability to interrupt it.
He wanted to use the tunnel to knock Jin Gong away. However, Xiao Tian, who was enduring the rain of Ice Arrows, used EQ Blink. He increased the distance of the Dragon's Charge and knocked the Void Beast Queen into the air.
The Void Beast Queen let out a sorrowful cry. It didn't use Blink in the previous team battle. It could only watch as Shen disappeared into the river not far away.
WE Highland.
Xi Ye's full E exploded. The surrounding troops were reduced to critical health. However, the Artillery Trooper was still alive. Its health was very healthy.
Jin Gong's TP protected it.
After leaving the blood pool state, Lin Ran's Yellow Card smashed down. Version 6.15's Card Master's Maximum Level Yellow Card could provide a 2 second stun, causing Seer to be rooted to the ground, unable to move an inch.
Lin Yan used Ignite and started to use Universal Cards. With the Lich's cards, the damage was not low. In the blink of an eye, his health had dropped by 25%.
With the help of his party members, Jin Gong successfully landed on WE's high ground. He followed up with a [Taunt] to control Seer, before using his Q to pull the Soul Blade over. He then began to rapidly chip away at Seer's health.
Vampire's ultimate skill, Blood Plague, exploded. The troops around him had their health depleted. They turned into gold coins and entered his pocket.
However, the Artillery Trooper that was protected by Jin Gong was still alive. Vampire couldn't recover his health if the ultimate skill didn't hit the hero.
Xi Ye endured the damage and took another puff from the Artillery Trooper. Then, he left with Blink.
"This Artillery Trooper is so tough. It's not dead yet. Vampire can't hold on any longer!" Doll commented on both sides of the screen. "The Ice at the river has started to harvest the battlefield!"
Lin Ran immediately took out a blue card and blinked out a card to kill the vampire who was on the brink of death.
"I'll tank it!" Jin Gong took the lead and blocked the lasers from the two Incisor Towers.
Under Shen's meticulous protection, the Artillery Trooper threw shells at the Incisor Towers.
Lin Yan killed Vampire and went back to demolish the Incisor Towers.
"With the minions at the side, the cards are advancing very quickly," Mille said quickly. "The Ice at the front has killed Princes and Bull's Head. They are preparing to return to the city. Verus wanted to stop them, but he was sent flying by the Excavator!"
Not long after Lin Yan and Jin Gong demolished one Incisor Tower, the Ice finally returned to the spring.
When he recovered and rushed out with the help of Homekeeper, Lin Yan used another blue card to demolish another Incisor Tower.
Excavator, Ike, and Tam, who had just killed Verus, were still channeling to return to the city.
"Demolish, demolish, demolish. They don't have any big moves. Don't worry about them!" The dead JKL became the commander of the spring.
Lin Yan and Jin Gong's normal attacks reduced the Crystal's HP by a lot.
Mystic's Endless Hurricane did not deal much damage to a single target. Lin Yan maintained his HP too well. He still had more than half of his HP left.
Kandi's excavator finally returned. He rushed out of the spring and dug a tunnel to lift Lin Ran up.
However, Jin Gong did not hesitate. He used [Taunt] to control the excavator that was still underground. This [Profound]!
Shadow Bind's distance was very long. Excavator was forced to move in the opposite direction of the card.
However, Jin Gong was slowed down by Ice's Hurricane Arrow and sent flying by Excavator. He could no longer demolish the Crystal. The only one who could still attack the Crystal was Lin Yan.
"The card is still being demolished. It's not stopping!"
Mille's excitement overflowed through his voice. "Jin Gong helped block Excavator. Ice's damage output is not enough!"
"Can he demolish it?" Doll's voice was cracking.
Joker pursed his lips and did not speak. He looked nervous.
The audience below the stage also held their breaths and stared at the big screen. Su Cheng felt that her heart was in her throat. She was so nervous that her mouth was dry.
Lin Yan's HP and the base's HP dropped at almost the same time. He had a yellow card above his head. He was adjusting his distance while attacking the base. The extra attack speed provided by his E skill made the card master's movement as smooth as an ADC.
Ike and Tam had also returned to the fountain.
Excavator recovered from Taunt and wanted to send Lin Yan flying.
However, Lin Yan who was slowed down by Ice used his previous movement to distance himself from Excavator. This allowed Ice to enter his shooting range. He threw the yellow card above his head at Mystic.
At this time, Lin Yan had 500 HP left. Crystal Hub's HP was only 700.
"Han Bing has fainted!"
Doll shouted. "Ike's Temporal Field is also set up. The card's HP is very low. Is there enough time?"
Lin Yan threw a poker card. Crystal Hub had 400 HP left.
Tam flashed and went online to QQ. Ike EQ came over, wanting to kill Lin Ran with three rings.
Q's Versatile Card was cast.
Drizzt threw out his last normal attack. It had the passive effect of Lich's Calamity and Witchcraft Mixture on it. It also had the two Earth Dragons' damage bonus.
957's last hit killed Lin Yan.
However, the last poker card hit WE's Central Crystal Hub, the symbol of WE's hope.
The 10 players lost control of their vision and were dragged in front of WE's Crystal Hub.
The Crystal Hub shattered. Pieces of rubble and Drizzt's body fell to the ground.
The audience's cheers almost tore the stadium apart.
"A successful sneak attack!
YM's strategy this time was too risky! "Doll shouted.
"It's mainly because of the Lich, Earth Dragons and Witchcraft Mixture. If it wasn't for the extra damage, Ran wouldn't have been able to push it so quickly." Mille had an excited smile on his face. "He bought the Witchcraft Mixture with good reason."
Joker licked his lips. He was a little embarrassed.