"Broxah only ate three groups of beasts. He's only level 3 now!" Ze Yuan shouted exaggeratedly. "And his blue buff was confiscated by Mongoose!"
"How can we play like this?!"
Mongoose successfully leveled up to level 4 after killing his Demonic Swamp Frog.
Now, he had killed six groups of beasts with 24 last hits and a kill. Broxah, on the other hand, had killed eight in two groups and died once.
There was no way to make up for the gap between their beasts.
Broxah looked at the resurrected Blind Monk in the spring. The uneasiness that had been hidden deep in his heart broke through the soil.
There were no more beasts in the bottom half of his zone. There were only beak birds and stone beetles left in the top half of his zone.
In order to make up for his lack of growth, he could only move up. After all, Blind Monk was basically useless before reaching level 3. He did not have gank abilities.
Broxah was very sure that YM was aware of his movements.
"Be careful in the bottom lane. Nanqiang and Dragon King may go there to catch people," he reminded his teammates as he left the spring. "I can't get there."
"Bwipo, help me take a look at the stone beetles. Caps, take care of the beak birds …" He spoke quickly. "I have to reach level 3 first."
The three casters on the commentary platform had a clear view of the situation.
FNC's formation quickly shrank. Both the top and bottom lanes that were originally holding the line pushed their minions into YM's defense tower. Then, they shrank behind the middle lane and waited for the minions to push back.
Since Broxah's disadvantage had not affected the top and bottom lanes, they still had the advantage of controlling the line. They could do whatever they wanted and control the position of the minions to be where they wanted.
As long as the minions were not in front of the tower, they could rush to their own zone to provide support.
"Their execution is quite strong." Zhuo Ding could not help but sigh. "No wonder they're the team that dominated the European Division."
As a professional player, his coach usually emphasized the team's overall cooperation and execution. Zhuo Ding looked at the well-trained FNC on the minimap. He knew that TOP was still far from being a match for the European Division's overlords.
FNC's formation shrunk quickly, but Xiao Tian didn't care. He carried his shotgun and swaggered up the river towards FNC's stone beetle camp.
"Damn it …" Broxah, who was farming Stone Beetles, panicked when he saw Nanqiang's figure appear in his field of vision.
His original plan was to farm from top to bottom because the Sharp-Beaked Bird was the monster in the center of the map. If he started from there, he could reach any path in time.
Furthermore, the Stone Beetle's location was too remote. If they were to farm from bottom to top, he could only capture the top lane. There were too few choices.
No matter what, the Level 2 Blind Monk farming these two groups of wild monsters could be considered a disaster.
His speed was slow, and it was also very damaging to his condition.
Broxah still had 70% of his health left, while the Stone Beetle in front of him still had a small bar of health left.
Blind Monk glanced at his own experience bar and gritted his teeth. He punched the monster and turned it into experience and gold coins, which merged into Blind Monk's body. He successfully reached level 3!
"Attack, attack, attack. Destroy Nanqiang's condition first!" bwipo, who had returned to defend in time, gave the order to attack.
He saw it clearly. Caps had used his body to block Lin Yan's path. Dragon King couldn't get through at all.
There were only four players on both sides, and Jin Gong's Big Tree was still some distance away. It was currently 2 against 1, and as long as they played well, they would have the upper hand.
On the commentary platform, Ze Yuan raised his voice. "bwipo is in position. He's using Q's Touch of Liberation to reduce Nanqiang's health!"
He had purposely left EW's two small skills unturned. He wanted to wait until Nanqiang used Slide Step to increase his skill hit rate.
"But Xiao Tian isn't afraid!"
Ze Yuan's agitated emotions were transmitted to the ears of all the spectators watching the LPL live broadcast. "He's still charging forward!"
Nanqiang closed the distance. He had already taken a lot of damage from Crow and Blind Monk, and his health had dropped to half.
Mongoose looked at the two Medium Stone Beetles beside Broxah. Without hesitation, he used Discipline and killed one of the monsters!
At the same time, he used the health recovery effect to boost his health bar back up!
"My Old Swan!" Remember shouted. "Is this how Xiao Tian uses Discipline?"
In Version 7.14 last year, a new unit was added as the target of Discipline — Medium Stone Beetles. However, most junglers didn't use it. After all, who would punish a Medium Stone Beetle for no reason?
At this moment, Mongoose was using this mechanism perfectly.
Broxah saw Nanqiang's health bar return to health and knew that things were bad.
His last Discipline was used on YM's blue buff, and now he didn't have the ability to stay in the jungle.
If this continued, FNC wouldn't have a chance of winning!
He used W's Golden Bell to sneak to Crow's side. Broxah knew that Xiao Tian hadn't used Q's End of the Road, so he purposely moved to the left side of Nanqiang and the wall so that Phyllostachys Pubescens couldn't use Q's Wall Crash.
However, Mongoose shot a normal attack shotgun shell followed by a gunpowder shell. At the same time, he slid past Blind Monk's body and put Broxah between himself and the wall!
The bullet hit the wall and bounced back quickly. The whole process of this reverse AQE was extremely smooth. It was like moving clouds and flowing water!
When Little Sleepyhead saw his smooth operation, he shouted excitedly,
"10% off?
10% off water bottle?! "
Broxah didn't expect Xiao Tian's Nanqiang to be so proficient. Blind Monk didn't have any chance to dodge and his health bar dropped instantly!
YM's fans saw this scene and cheered excitedly. However, the cheers disappeared in the empty stadium. FNC's fans, who had the advantage in numbers, didn't say a word. They just stared blankly at the big screen in the stadium.
"Nanqiang quickly burst out and Blind Monk's health bar has dropped to 13%!"
Ze Yuan's voice contained some excitement. "He has too much of an advantage now. Broxah can't hold it anymore!"
"Crow still wants to use E's Never Again to stop Nanqiang, but the stun duration is too short!"
Just now, Phyllostachys Pubescens had stalled for a while, allowing Xiba's Big Tree to rush over through the triangular bush.
"He didn't dodge. Kill Blind Monk!" Lin Yan, who was watching the whole process from the middle lane, marked the kill signal above Broxah's head.
As soon as he finished speaking, Jin Gong used his Blink and rushed into FNC's turret's range. He turned into a root and swept towards Blind Monk!
Broxah was panicking. He could only throw Sky Sonic Wave at the Stone Beetle beside Xiao Tian.
The moment the skill hit, the Twisted Tree Spirit in front of him revealed its terrifying face.
Xiba's players were using the Big Tree's most popular skin, Meow Kai. This skin was wearing cat pajamas and looked really cute at first glance.
However, if one looked closely, they would see that Meow Kai was only wearing a cute pajamas. The face hidden inside the pajamas didn't change at all.
Mao Kai, who looked like a withered skeleton, punched the ground. The shockwave sent Blind Monk flying towards Xiao Tian's face!
"Broxah triggered a second echo and flew towards the Stone Beetle …"
He remembered that before he could finish his sentence, the gang's godfather, Graves, raised his shotgun and fired at the blind monk!
His health bar was emptied!
"Blind Monk died in the air!" Ze Yuan sighed. "Broxah is really dead this time!"
Remember laughed so hard that his eyes disappeared. "It's been almost five minutes. Blind Monk has just reached level 3. How is he going to fight him?"
"Xiao Tian's play is perfect." Zhuo Ding saw Phyllostachys Pubescens's proud smile and was happy for his friend. "He's so good at reverse AQE …"
[What a handsome Nanqiang!]
[I want to scream!]
[Why didn't the director play a stewardess trap?
I'm so embarrassed!]
Seeing Mongoose's smooth reverse AQE, the bullet screen in the live stream was filled with comments.
"Wow …" Jin Gong exclaimed as he left the defense tower safely. "Oh my god, your Nanqiang is really good!"
"What's not good about your dad?" Mongoose said with a smile.
He had watched the highlights of his best buddies the night before and now his mind was filled with these Nanqiang combos.
These days, Phyllostachys Pubescens had also practiced Graves a lot. Although he was good at it, he was definitely not as good as Stunt Bro who could do it as he pleased.
The reason why Xiao Tian was able to execute the reverse AQE so smoothly was that he had thought of the specific moves in advance.
In his opinion, without Flash, Blind Monk's combat ability was extremely limited and there were not many escape routes. As long as he planned the combos in advance, he could execute them smoothly in the fight.
"Xiao Tian cleared out the remaining Stone Beetles and then went straight to FNC's Razorbill Bird Camp!"
Ze Yuan put himself in Broxah's shoes and felt despair. "He doesn't want to give Blind Monk any room to grow!"
"Caps' spies have detected Mongoose's movements, but Brother Ran is watching from the side. He doesn't dare to rush into the jungle to guard the wild monsters, so he can only throw Stoneshots from afar!"
Needless to say, Smiley Boy was not too unlucky. Caps' five Stoneshots snatched three Razorbill Birds from Mongoose and made up for some of his losses.
However, Broxah was now crying and could only eat the Demonic Swamp Frogs that were about to spawn in the second half of his zone.
From the beginning of the match until now, he had eaten a total of three groups of wild monsters. If it were not for the automatic money jump from the system, he would not have been able to synthesize the Jungler Knife.
Blind Monk was beaten so badly in the early stages of the game that Broxah felt extremely aggrieved.
On the other hand, Mongoose had finally stopped his invasion. He crossed the river and returned to his own jungle. He went all the way down the Three Wolves' camp and cleared both the Razorbill Bird and the Stone Beetle groups. He was now level five and a half.
He originally wanted to take a wave of the bottom lane, but Hai Sang, who had control of the line, was in the jungle. He had set up spies in the Stone Beetle's camp and caught the movement of the small monsters, so he could only give up.
After returning to the city, he used the Red Jungler Knife, Caulfield's Warhammer, True Eye, and switched to Scan. The development of the Nanqiang could only be described as upper-class!
"Xiao Tian, can you help me?!" Jack, who was facing off in the bottom lane, was still asking for help.
Liu Qingsong's Mistress of the Wind was not very proficient. He had been killed twice by Chiwil and Karma. After his health dropped, he stood a little further back to ensure his own safety.
This made things difficult for Jack. He could only tank at the front and clear the minions with Acacia's Rainstorm.
Rekkles's proficiency with Chiwil was quite high. This was also the hero he used the most in his professional career. Q's Whirling Blade's release angle was very tricky. He could often adjust his own position to ensure that the weapon could deal a second hit.
Even if Jack had Swift Steps, he could not withstand this kind of consumption. He barely lasted for five minutes before finally giving up.
"…" Xiao Tian did not respond immediately. Instead, he glanced at the minimap.
He had just cleared the two groups of monsters in the bottom half of the map. If he came to the bottom lane to help but did not gain an advantage, it would be equivalent to wasting time. After all, there were no more monsters around for him to develop.
Logically speaking, professional junglers would not do this. Most of them had a complete and orderly jungle plan. They would let the spawn of the monsters match their gank route. This way, even if the gank failed, it would not affect their development.
In other words, it was premeditated and they would catch the monsters wherever they went. They would not wander around aimlessly.
Of course, S7's Spicy Saucepan was an exception. It was a gank machine and did not play according to common sense.
At first, Mongoose wanted to reject Jack's suggestion and let the bottom lane fend for itself. The combination of Kesha and Zane did not even have a hard control. How was he going to help?
However, on second thought, the FNC duo probably did not think that he would come to the bottom lane.
Now that Chiwil and Karma were still holding the line, it would be useless even if they set up anti-gank positions in the triangular grass.
"I'm coming, I'm coming!"
Ze Yuan, who was on the commentary platform, also noticed that Xiao Tian's movement trajectory was not right.
"Turn back and grab the bottom lane again." He saw that Greyforth, who was holding a shotgun, was getting closer and closer to the bottom lane. His voice was getting louder and louder. "The FNC duo is unprepared. They're still holding the line!"
The live LCSEU commentator, Deficio, stared at the screen and shouted anxiously, "Rekkles, run!"
The FNC fans in the audience also screamed. They hoped that the duo would change their minds and retreat.
However, Ou Cheng obviously did not know what they were thinking. He waved his Cross Blade and cleared the wave of minions in front of the YM tower.
At this moment, a series of warning signals rang in his ears.
"Retreat retreat retreat!"
Broxah, who was still in the jungle, reminded the moment he saw Xiao Tian on the screen.
"Rekkles and Haleson still want to escape, but Liu Qingsong went up and used W [Zephyr's Protection] to slow down Karma!" Remember was excited. "The bottom lane is so long. Where are you going?"
Haleson had used R [Brahma Incantation] to strengthen his Q skill. Now, he could not use AOE speed to escape.
In this case, Haleson made the right choice. He provided the E [Inspire] shield to Ou Cheng. Chiwil still had a layer of membrane that could block skills, so his chances of survival were much higher than Haleson's.
"Nanqiang doesn't care about Karma at all. He's going straight for Ou Cheng!"
Mongoose put on Red Punishment and covered his face with a smoke bomb. Ou Cheng used all his skills, including E [Shield], Flash, and Healing, and fled back to the bottom of the tower with low HP.
"Haleson's life is here. After Broxah found Nanqiang's movement, he went to steal a group of Magical Swamp Frogs in the upper half of YM to develop …"
Blind Monk could only pick up some leftovers that Mongoose did not want to eat. Under the pressure of the YM jungle, his development was quite poor.
Nearly nine minutes later, Broxah finally reached Level 6.
Now that he had mastered his ultimate skill and Flash, he had set Lin Ran as his primary target.
Broxah had long disliked the Dragon King.
He felt that the main culprit for the fall of his jungle was Aurelia Ansol. If he had not been punished in the Beaked Birds' camp at Level 2, he would not have been so miserable.
It's all because of you!
Broxah wanted to teach Lin Yan a lesson. He returned to the city and took out Caulfield's Warhammer and Eye of Truth, then quietly ran to the middle lane.
"Brother Ran tried to go to the bottom lane to look for an opportunity, but Ou Cheng is very stable now. He and Haleson are in good condition. They won't give YM a chance!"
Lin Yan went down with E [Overflowing Star]. He could only walk back to the top lane without catching anyone.
Now that he had made the lunch box and straw sandals, and had some gold coins in his backpack, he estimated that the speed of making the Time Staff would not be too slow.
"Broxah is squatting in the bushes above, plugging in Eye of Truth to ensure that he won't be discovered. He wants to wait for Brother Ran to come online before attacking …" Ze Yuan clicked his tongue. "Blind Monk has Flash. This is not good!"
Lin Yan moved to the front to clear the line as soon as possible and used the Outer Planetary Orbit to attack the minions.
This gave Broxah a chance.
He shot out a Heaven's Sonic Wave from the bushes and hit the unsuspecting Dragon King!
The FNC supporters below the stage were already celebrating in advance. They did not know how Lin Yan would survive if both of them were to focus fire on Dragon King.
Ze Yuan saw the Heaven's Sonic Wave mark above Dragon King's head and frowned. "Blind Monk has triggered a two-stage Q forward!"
The moment the Echo Strike hit its target, the Dragon King suddenly flashed backwards and pulled a distance away from it!
Broxah was not surprised. He knew that Lin Yan had Flash, so he did not use his big move directly. Otherwise, if he was predicted, it was very likely that Lin Yan would use Rescue Kick.
"Li Qing, follow up …"
Broxah was excited. In the next moment, Lin Ran, who did not have a flash, would use an R flash. This was the Blind Monk's most commonly used combo. Broxah could execute it even with his eyes closed.
However, the moment he touched his eyes forward, Dragon King moved back and created a new Star Core. At the same time, bright sparks bloomed from his mouth!
Flash [Star String Fall]!
Blind Monk did not have time to use Fierce Dragon Tail before he was hit by Dragon King's big move. He moved backward and entered the range of YM's defense tower!
The Star Core expanded rapidly. Lin Yan took advantage of the fact that Blind Monk had not recovered from the Flash [Star String Fall] to detonate the Star Core and successfully stunned the Blind Monk!
Throughout the entire process, Broxah could not resist and could only be trampled on!
After igniting, Blind Monk's health dropped to the bottom. He was killed by the defense tower's cannon!
Caps used Rock Spikes to carry Lin Yan back. With the combination of Rock Formation and Rock Piercing, Lin Yan was defeated.
"Brother Ran's QR combo is showing off to Blind Monk!" Little invisible Zhuo Ding finally got excited. "He's waiting for Blind Monk to touch his eyes!"
The noise below the stage stopped abruptly. FNC fans looked at the big screen in despair.
YM used absolute strength to crush their anger before the match.
How could they win with such a difference?
Broxah's smile quickly disappeared. He put on a sima face and waited for the resurrection.
In the previous wave, he felt like his underwear had been seen through.
All of his actions were within Lin Yan's expectations. He had nowhere to hide.
[Strong Brother Ran!]
[Blind Monk still wants to do a roundhouse kick. He's really making me laugh.]
[Can you donate some money to Broxah? He's so pitiful. He's still using a black and white monitor.]
[FNC's skill level is average. Caps has no rhythm at all.]
Caps was also numb.
No matter how fast Rock Sparrow was, he could not keep up with Dragon King.
This meant that he had lost the initiative to support and could only follow behind Dragon King.
In the jungle, Nanqiang completely crushed Blind Monk through the first two waves of rhythm.
FNC's jungle could not keep up with YM's rhythm at all. Caps could only wait in the middle lane and bind spirits.
"Blind Monk has died again. Mongoose has started a new round of looting in the jungle!"
Phyllostachys Pubescens swept through FNC's jungle like a swarm of locusts.
The difference in experience between the two junglers continued to increase. It was almost two and a half levels.
At 12 minutes, Xiao Tian took down the vanguard. Broxah went to the bottom lane and killed YM's duo with an R Flash. However, he paid the price of losing more than half of his middle tower's health.
This time, Caps had no way to roam. They were afraid that their middle tower would be flattened prematurely.
Lin Yan easily led the rhythm and helped Xiao Tian expand their jungle matchup advantage.
Xiao Tian made Warrior Jungler and Black Cutter at 15 minutes. They were the most straightforward and had high damage output. He even started to try one versus many.
FNC's disadvantage was getting worse. Their only advantage was that their top laner Bwipo's development was not affected at all. He even suppressed Jin Gong quite a bit.
"Bwipo teleported to the bottom lane and used his big move to circle around. Help Ou Cheng kill Jack and Liu Qingsong again!"
Crow tanked the tower perfectly. However, YM's junglers were not idle either. They killed Blind Monk and took down the middle tower while they were at it.
The economic gap between the two sides was maintained at around 4k. They smoothly transitioned to 25 minutes.
"Ou Cheng's ability to clear the frontline is ridiculous. Chiwil can clear an entire wave of minions with just two skills, QW.
YM has no chance to push forward! "
The two C's Kesha and Dragon King did not have long arms. The same went for Nanqiang.
YM did not have any tower removal skills. Seeing that they could not push the tower, they decisively went to the Dragon's pit and prepared to focus fire on Baron Nash.
However, FNC relied on their many speed boosting skills and followed behind to prevent YM from doing as they wished.
The economic gap between the two sides was not large. YM did not dare to forcefully activate the Dragon's pit against Baron Nash's damage output.
The situation was in a stalemate.
Lin Yan had an idea. "Jack, sell it!"
"Huh?!" Shiba Inu was stunned. "Me again?"
"You're too good at aggro. This mission belongs to none other than you!" Lin Yan urged. "Hurry up! Hurry up!"
Jack was slightly dissatisfied. "I should be able to win this game without doing anything."
In this game, he did not have much of a presence. Instead, he attracted a lot of firepower. Shiba Inu felt that he deserved to win without doing anything.
"Winning without doing anything doesn't stop you from selling your body!" Lin Yan did not give up. "If you die, then die. We can take it!"
Jack responded and controlled Kesha to act out a seduction.
"This Jack is a bit out of line!"
Zhuo Ding immediately saw that there was a problem with YM's formation. They actually let Kesha stand closest to the front row of FNC alone!
FNC obviously also noticed this flaw. They did not have time to doubt and acted decisively!
Chiwil let out a roar and rushed forward together with Karma's speed boost. He waved his cross blade and took away Kesha's HP!
"Jack A received the big move. He adjusted his position and gained a layer of shield!"
Ze Yuan spoke at full speed. "Rock Sparrow used R [Wall Curtain] to seal the river. He wants to block YM inside and kill them!"
Bwipo activated his big move. The crow spread its wings and rushed forward with speed boost!
YM was waiting for the opponent to make the first move. They immediately chose to counterattack!
Tree Realm Descent!
Mao Kai let out a muffled roar and a huge vine swept towards FNC's formation!
"Wind Maiden charged Q [Hurricane Roar] …"
As usual, Lin Yan used QR to burst out and forced FNC to retreat. At the same time, he used the Ice Staff's effect to slow down the group!
Phyllostachys Pubescens was at the side. He used Black Slash to break the passive armor and stacked Pure Man's passive at the same time.
"Kesha went down first. However, Jack still managed to deal full damage before he died!"
Lin Yan used W [Starry Sky Explosion] and used the outer orbit to harass the opponent.
"Broxah touched his eyes and used R Flash. He kicked Dragon King into FNC's formation at lightning speed!"
Lin Yan used Zhanya's [Hourglass] immediately to avoid the fatal damage.
Bwipo did the same. After his HP decreased, he used Golden Body to delay for a while more!
"Ou Cheng's damage output is not low. The damage is bouncing around YM's formation …"
He finally realized that something was wrong. "Mongoose is not under anyone's control!"
Phyllostachys Pubescens had been probing at the edge of the formation and stacking his passive armor.
He now had a Warrior Jungler, Black Slash, Green Fork, Storm Greatsword, and a stopwatch in his hands. He was YM's number one boss. Naturally, he had to be careful.
At this time, FNC's skills were almost finished. He finally entered the stage!
Two normal attacks killed the crows. A smoke bomb covered the top of Rock Sparrow's head. He slid forward and used a Q [Dead End]!
The gunpowder quickly rebounded. Together with a shotgun, he killed Rock Sparrow and continued forward!
"Brother Ran has also been killed by Chiwil. Jin Gong is still stalling for time …"
The Big Tree, who was full of crowd control, played his role and blocked the opponent's vertical screen.
The nanqiang in the river danced elegantly. Bullets reaped the lives of FNC's players!
"Come come come, kill me if you can!" Xiao Tian imitated Jack's catchphrase and shouted loudly.
He relied on his manly passive to fight with Ou Cheng!
Rekkles fought back twice and found that he couldn't hit him at all. He simply chose to retreat.
But Chiwil, who had used his speed increasing skills, couldn't escape from the nanqiang's hands!
"Three kills in hand!"
Ze Yuan roared. "Now FNC only has Blind Monk and Karma left. They are no match for Graves!"
If it was said that not many people in the audience were aware of what was going to happen next when Liu Zilang got the three kills, the audience was already in an uproar when the gunner took out the fourth head with a scattershot!
The small number of YM fans let out a deafening celebration. The Big Tree flashed to bind Blind Monk with a W, and Mongoose flashed to AQE. His posture was extremely cool!
I don't have time to fool around!
"Pentakill!" Remember to shout hoarsely. "Xiao Tian has obtained the first pentakill in this season's mid-season competition!"
With a European face, Jin Gong teleported to the front of the highland. He cooperated with Xiao Tian and the surviving Liu Qingsong, planning to end the game in one wave!
There was no obstruction along the way. In 26 minutes, FNC's main Crystal turned into fragments!