【130】 Congratulations to the Zhong Guo Team
Logically, the focal point of this game should be placed on Bing Tu.
It was well known that Dawn was a player with very strong dive capabilities. His aggressiveness was considered one of the best in the league, someone capable of carrying the team and playing the core role.
Moreover, Bing Tu was his FMVP champion. Therefore, in this final game, most people guessed that Wen Ran would highly likely build damage items to supplement their magic damage.
The Han Guo players on the opposing side also targeted Wen Ran from the very beginning.
They pressured the lane to prevent him from farming.
Bing Tu’s wave clear ability was inherently inferior to Gui Wa’s. Under the opponent’s intentional targeting, Wen Ran’s farming situation was even more dire. He could only ping signals to his teammates while being unable to roam and support.
He finally managed to reach level four and get his ultimate, which slightly sped up his wave clear.
But Gui Wa had already utilized her champion advantage to gank the bottom lane twice.
They played very aggressively, but under Mu Se’s peeling, they didn’t secure any kills. However, they chunked out the AD’s health and pulled slightly ahead in gold.
“It doesn’t matter. Their C-position’s gold has already been suppressed by us by a margin. As long as Bing Tu dares to show his face, we can easily catch him.” Yang Che directed his Mid Laner, “Go bait him out.”
Receiving the order, the Mid Laner deliberately walked toward the T-brush. Yang Che’s decisions had never been wrong, but after he walked over, he didn’t encounter the expected skills.
Was Bing Tu not there?
The Mid Laner was about to loop back and clear the wave, but he never expected a person to suddenly appear from the brush near his own defensive tower.
Oh no, it was Rui Ying!
But it was too late. Rui Ying’s current damage easily burst down his low-health champion. The Mid Laner’s kill was easily secured.
“I’ll go to the bottom lane to support and set an ambush. Yu Xiao, come take the mid wave.”
When Wen Ran said this, there was no hesitation. He had already pre-ordered defensive items in his shop interface. In this game, he was going to funnel the Carry.
Putting Yu Xiao, Xing Lie, and Bing Tu together, people would normally assume the core would be the dual C-positions. That was why the Han Guo Team went to target him and Xu Jiajia. But this was a team game; no matter who the Carry was, as long as the Zhong Guo Team won, that was all that mattered.
Up to this point in the match, Yu Xiao had the best farm. As long as the gold was funneled to him, and Wen Ran stacked CDR and defense, coordinating with Yu Xiao later would be the fastest way to hit their power spikes.
“Mhm.”
Ling Han responded to Wen Ran and moved his champion toward the mid lane. Jiang Yan also gave half of his jungle to Yu Xiao. By the time the Han Guo Team realized what was happening, Yu Xiao’s gold was already leading theirs.
Yang Che farmed desperately to gank. By now, the Han Guo Team’s mentality was getting a bit unstable because they had never seen this kind of composition, and their number one player, Yang Che, had already made three shotcalling mistakes.
He even fed two kills to the enemy Yu Xiao. Yu Xiao was originally a mid-game champion. Once he started snowballing gold, he entered his strong phase. Coupled with Ling Han’s textbook-level micro plays filled with details, the Koreans truly witnessed what it meant for a single spear to stir up the winds and clouds.
Wen Ran’s CDR was also capped. He provided the CC while Yu Xiao dealt the damage. They killed whoever they saw, and the gold gap grew larger and larger.
After being killed yet again, the Mid Laner couldn’t help but punch his keyboard. “Ah shibal, how are we supposed to play? Those two are literally haunting us!”
“Don’t go alone, group up.” Cold sweat had already seeped out on Yang Che’s forehead. “Support, check the vision first later. The rest of you, be careful and farm.”
“Only their Yu Xiao has high gold; the rest are at a normal level. As long as we don’t feed Yu Xiao, we can drag it to the late game and still fight.”
He never in a million years expected they would use Yu Xiao as the core.
Yu Xiao was a fighter side-laner, yes, but in the systems they had played against, this Zhong Guo Top Laner named Ling Han mostly played tank side-laners, and had never picked Yu Xiao. Subconsciously, Yang Che had focused his attention on Bing Tu and Xing Lie.
But what Yang Che didn’t know was that the reason Ling Han hadn’t picked Yu Xiao was that during their team practice, they found it hard to fit him into compositions. So, for the sake of the team, he played tank side-laners more often.
The match continued in a deadlock.
“The enemy is doing the dragon. Go see if we can take advantage and force a fight.”
Yang Che issued the command, “Support, go check the vision first. Flank from the side and engage them directly!”
When the Han Guo Team’s Support saw the dragon had 1/4 of its health left, he immediately activated his speed boost and charged into the crowd. He held his skills ready; as long as he could initiate this team fight well, it would definitely yield massive benefits for the team!
The Support initiated and indeed caught one person, Jiang Yan and Xu Jiajia who were attacking the dragon. But he never expected that just as his teammates followed up, Bing Tu directly threw his ultimate to slow them. At the same time, Jiang Yan’s Rui Ying activated his ultimate and swapped places with his clone. Xing Lie didn’t hesitate to use his dash, and Sai Jia Er counter-engaged with his ultimate. The enemy had already exposed their vision; choosing not to fight was impossible, so they could only bite the bullet and dive in.
Yang Che wanted to flank, but Wen Ran predicted his position in advance and applied crowd control. Ling Han also entered the battlefield from the side to deal damage.
Right now, Yu Xiao had the highest attack and gold in the game. After taking care of Yang Che, he went straight for the enemy C-position. Rui Ying swapped back, landed a basic attack into smite to secure the dragon. Xing Lie frantically mashed his basic attack key. The remaining enemy Top Laner tried to flee but was stuck and pulled back by Sai Jia Er’s skills. The five of them coordinated flawlessly, wiping out the Han Guo Team!
[What is a beautiful team fight? This is it!] [Are these five drinking Dove chocolate or something? This synergy is so smooth!] [Too awesome, too awesome. Zhong Guo Team is badass!] [This team fight was absolutely insane. I bet those sticks are dumbfounded.] [Hahahaha, so satisfying. Keep it up, charge, charge, charge!] [Husband Ling Han, you’re really too handsome. I love you!] [Dawn actually turned a grand mage into a utility player, willingly giving up his lane to Ling Han and playing like a support.] [Actually, the Bing Tu and Sai Jia Er combo is very common in the SPL. Their skill compatibility is high, and Bing Tu can easily be nurtured into a main Carry.] [Wind even gave him half the jungle. Ling Han is getting all the spotlight.] [Don’t say that. They’re all doing it for the victory. They definitely communicated this.] [Yeah, they are on the same side, stop fighting internally.] ……
After experiencing this team fight, the Han Guo Team’s gold deficit grew even larger. They retreated step by step in the subsequent team fights. During the final high-ground clash, Rui Ying engaged the C-position first, Bing Tu followed up with CC, Xing Lie provided heavy damage, Sai Jia Er protected the minion wave, and Yu Xiao utilized his skills to dart back and forth, constantly reaping kills. The moment the minion wave entered, the group aggressively auto-attacked the crystal.
The crystal’s health rapidly plummeted. The respawned Yang Che wanted to rush over upon seeing this, but it was too late.
“Bang!”
The sound effect of the crystal shattering rang out, and the broadcast belonging to the victors echoed simultaneously: “Congratulations to the Zhong Guo Team for winning the 《Ling Xiao》 World Championship!”
The camera switched to the Zhong Guo Team. Smiles hung on the players’ faces.
Xu Jiajia slammed his desk and stood up from his seat. Ling Han, as if letting out a sigh of relief, moved his hands away from the keyboard and high-fived Xu Jiajia, who had run over. They were old teammates; in the past, whenever STE won a championship, they would high-five.
Jiang Yan’s lips curled into a smile. His slender fingers took off his headset and hung it around his neck, looking at Wen Ran with gentle eyes.
Wen Ran’s heartbeat skipped a beat. He didn’t care about anything else and threw himself directly into Jiang Yan’s arms, who hugged his shoulders tightly.
Jiang Yan encouragingly patted Wen Ran’s shoulder, saying in a voice only the two of them could hear, “Ran Ran, we won.”
Qiao Yu was also very excited. He originally wanted to high-five Xu Jiajia, but after holding his hand out, Xu Jiajia completely bypassed him to find Ling Han. He then intended to express his excitement with his old friend Wind, only to find him hugging his little boyfriend.
Qiao Yu: “……”
OK, Fine. I’m fine.
He awkwardly flexed his fingers, trying to make himself look less stupid. But as the camera swept over, Qiao Yu could only force himself to raise his other hand and clap in front of the lens.
[Hahaha Mu Se is too pitiful. Everyone else is paired up as old teammates, leaving him all alone and miserable.] [I’m seriously dying of laughter. How is Mu Se both pitiful and hilarious at the same time.] [It’s okay, Support God Boss. Even though you came alone, you brought HG’s comedic soul to Shou Er.] [Is the person above me being polite?]
Xiao Huang and Shi Si were watching the finals together. When Xiao Huang saw this scene, his heart ached for his team captain. “Shi Si Ge, look at the four of them. Treating the Captain like this is way too much!”
Shi Si chimed in, “I feel like every time the Captain claps, it carries immense resentment.”
“Brother Ran and Senior Wind have been hugging for half a minute now. They should at least spare some time to hug the Captain, making him so awkward.”
Xiao Huang clenched his fists. “Next time, I’ll work hard to go to the world championship too. That way, the Captain will have someone with him.”
When the camera switched to the Han Guo Team, their players almost all had dark faces.
They played terribly in the last game, completely crushed by the Zhong Guo Team without any ability to fight back.
Even so, both sides had to exchange friendly hugs. Wen Ran could feel Yang Che’s eyes rolling so far back they were about to reach the sky.
On the podium, the five players stood together. Golden rain fell from above, like a crown of victory.
Behind them was the Golden Twin Dragons Trophy, the coronation for the victors.
“May I ask the captain of the Zhong Guo Team, do you have anything you want to say about this victory?”
The microphone was handed to Jiang Yan. In front of a global audience, he spoke unhurriedly: “There are many factors to victory, but in the face of true strength, there is only ‘strong enough’ and ‘not strong enough’.”
“We could win the first time, and of course, we could win the second time.”
“Being magnanimous is a virtue of the Zhong Guo people, but fairness and justice are also principles we pursue.”
“In Zhong Guo, we are taught from a young age to be honest and trustworthy. Naturally, during this trip to Shou Er, our clashes with the Han Guo Team have also taught us a lot of experience.”
“However, I hope the next time we come to Shou Er to compete, your country’s equipment can also be satisfactory.”
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