Chapter 111: He's cheating!
Veritas's Lu Xi An was hiding behind his own second tower while recalling.
UOL had vision in the Triangular Grass and the river mouth.
However, Liang Yan had directly emerged from the tunnel behind the small dragon pit, making his way via the jungle entrance, and was now silently hiding in the Triangular Grass behind and to the left of UOL's second tower.
Lu Xi An's recall channel was already halfway.
The scene was already in an uproar.
The audience all stood up, eyes wide, staring at the big screen.
The commentator continued:
「But can he really kill him? Although Veritas's health is low, it's not something that a single 【Prey Search】 can finish! Moreover, he has no Flash left, and his health is equally low; Lu Xi An just needs to use 【Ruthless Pursuit】 to avoid getting close, and he can kill him with the defense tower's fire! 」
Suddenly, a red vortex landed on the advancing blue minion.
This was Lao Zhang, who had just solo-killed the captain and immediately returned upon being summoned.
「TP! TP from Ekko!!! 」
「Island has come! But is it in time? Veritas's recall channel is about to end! Firrrrrre has no vision! To gain vision he must exit the burrowed state! But once he exits the burrowed state he cannot use 【Prey Search】!! 」
Liang Yan indeed had no vision under the tower.
Even after he walked out of the grass, what he could see was only the small area directly in front of him, no different from a blind man.
Earth Listening could only detect moving enemies; it could not sense stationary ones.
As the commentator said, he also could not leave the burrowed state, otherwise he would lose his only means of remotely interrupting the recall.
So Liang Yan could only rely on guessing.
Of course, the moment he rounded the corner, Veritas also saw him.
But Veritas did not cancel his recall.
Both sides knew full well that this was a gamble, wagering their own lives, betting on who would be more favored by the goddess of fortune.
But at this moment, something no one had considered was that the pressure each side bore was actually completely unequal.
For Liang Yan, this was merely an attempt that required no sacrifice; if he lost the bet, it didn't matter—just one less kill. Meanwhile, Lao Zhang's TP down was actually mainly for taking down the tower; killing Lu Xi An was just a secondary objective—profit if he succeeded, no loss if he failed.
But for UOL, the outcome was completely different.
Perkz's Syndra was still pushing the tower in mid lane, albeit slowly, but if no one defended it, it would eventually be taken down.
That is to say, if Lu Xi An died again right now, UOL would soon have a lane completely wide open within tens of seconds, because a support bull head with no damage and no ultimate is almost incapable of defending a tower.
If Veritas dies, forget about the next tower—G2 could probably take down both of their second towers, and the tower‑taking speed of Rek'Sai and Ekko is not slow.
Especially this Ekko is actually going full damage, and he even has a Radiant! His tower‑taking speed is absolutely savage!
Losing two towers in under ten minutes, including a Blood Tower—what does that mean?
Without exaggeration, UOL can basically surrender.
So comparing both sides, UOL's side is under immense pressure, while the aggressor bears no burden.
At this moment, time seemed to be stretched infinitely long.
Veritas began to sweat on his forehead.
A ghost, a specter drifting underground with only a crimson spine visible, was hovering about a thousand yards away from him.
The recall channel that used to feel fast now felt incredibly long, making Veritas recall the scene of his childhood blowing up a balloon—it kept inflating, but no matter how he blew, it wouldn't pop, as if it would inflate forever……
Finally, when the recall channel reached 90%, with just one second left before Lu Xi An would teleport away, Rek'Sai acted.
A soft puff sounded.
A tiny red projectile was fired by the burrowed Rek'Sai.
Its trajectory was perfectly straight.
At that moment, watching that high‑speed projectile fly in, Veritas suspected the enemy of cheating, because the projectile homed in like a laser guide, striking the recalling Lu Xi An with perfect accuracy.
「Hit!!! 」
「Jeez!!! 」
「No way!!! 」
「The VISION!!! 」
With a splash, the entire match instantly boiled over!
In the livestream, the barrage of comments fell like heavy snow.
【ohhhhhhhhhhhhh!】
【He's cheating? Too fake!】
【How is that possible!!!】
【He's truly a god! Even this can hit?!】
【Definitely cheating, suggest a thorough investigation!】
It's over.
Although Lu Xi An wasn't dead yet, Veritas felt as if he himself were dead.
He gave up struggling, fell back with a pallid face, both hands clutching his head, incredulously staring at the screen before him.
How could this be?
The only explanation is that he truly is a child of the gods.
「Ekko brought the minion wave into the tower! One EQ took out the dazed Lu Xi An! 」
「A two‑for‑five!!! UOL initiated this engage, yet ended up with a crushing defeat they could never accept!!! 」
「Firrrrrre's Rek'Sai is terrifying!!! 」
「Objectively speaking, this play directly ended the match. 」
Lu Xi An at level 8 has a respawn time of up to 30 seconds after death, and a minion wave formed by two waves has already arrived at the tower, even including a siege cannon.
Although UOL's bottom lane first tower actually had only about half its HP left, under the combined fire of G2's two top jungle players, it couldn't even last ten seconds.
Then the two of them continued forward with the minion wave, aiming for UOL's bottom lane second tower.
Vizicsacsi's Miss Fortune had already respawned, but he had to go to the top lane to farm, because Kog'Maw had also respawned and was likely to go to the top lane to destroy towers.
Move's Kai'Sa had also respawned, but he had to come to mid lane, because Syndra was destroying the mid lane's first tower.
The revived Lux was the same; G2's mid support was in mid lane, so he had to follow and defend there, after all, compared to the side towers, the mid lane's value is naturally higher.
As for Lao Niu, it wasn't important; even if he came to the bottom lane, one person couldn't stop G2's top jungle from destroying towers, and might even give away an extra kill, so he ultimately went to the top lane.
Thus the bottom lane was pushed all the way.
During this period, the director gave the teamfight replay, but the whole fight was relatively long, so the director only cut to the replay of the initial tower dive.
The replay used Rek'Sai's perspective.
End of Chapter
