Chapter 193

When the CLG duo ran to the vicinity

A loud clang, blinding firelight smashed down from the sky.

Expect landed and directly ulted to seal the path.

CLG's duo was also decisive, directly flashing over the fire line and continuing to run down to the tower, intending to meet the Leopard Woman who had already arrived in front of the blue side's first tower (the damaged base).

But Huangzi and Fa Tiao also arrived.

Huangzi is only level 4, of course he doesn't have his ultimate.

But Fa Tiao has it.

Huangzi, eyes closed, charges in with EQ, not caring if it hits, Fa Tiao's shockwave sweeps up, directly pulling together the CLG duo who had no flash or displacement.

Lao Niu steadily follows up with a WQ combo.

Rumble skims the ground, flamethrower ablaze, charges forward.

Ezreal fires a precise barrage, then jumps in to point-blank damage.

Perkz, after finishing his combo, immediately recalls in place.

Hundreds of yards away, CLG's two squishies are killed to dust before they even land.

The Leopard Woman doesn't even have time to heal a bit.

After killing them, the three jungle allies push forward with the minion wave; Lao Niu and Huangzi drive the Leopard Woman far away to prevent her from interfering with Perkz's recall.

Rumble then runs toward Zhong Lu.

After Perkz returns home, he teleports to Xia Lu, just in time to pick up the wave that Jayce pushed over.

This five-two split push rhythm and subsequent operation are as smooth as that chocolate brand's slogan, utterly silky.

In the CLG backstage lounge, Coach Zikz realized something; his face turned ashen in an instant, and all light left his eyes.

Yes, this rhythm became the turning point of the match's momentum. Starting from the next round, G2 fully seized the initiative on stage.

The CLG players on stage couldn't see the gold chart, but they could feel the situation slipping out of control, like a person clinging to a cliff edge feeling their strength slowly drain away, the awful awareness that they are doomed to fall into the abyss yet powerless to stop it, filling them with dread.

Once their mindset falters, the situation collapses ever faster.

The CLG players completely forgot Coach Zikz's pre‑match reminders; in teamfights they forgot to poke first, forgot to disengage, forgot that those without flash should fall back to let those with flash go in and eat the engage abilities, and nobody even called out who on the enemy side had flash or not—they just panicked, shouting nonsense like "look at me, look at me, AD, AD." This chatter was useless; every time they were initiated by Huangzi charging in for a perfect teamfight, Fa Tiao's shockwave pulled them apart nicely, and Expect's Rumble got to flame them to satisfaction.

At 32 minutes, G2 blew up CLG's Ji Di.

After securing the fourth group‑stage point, G2 locked in their quarter‑final ticket, simultaneously declaring that CLG had no chance whatsoever of reaching the knockout stage.

After the match, looking at the damage chart, Rumble and Fa Tiao were neck‑and‑neck, each contributing over 30% of the damage, while the bot‑lane core Ezreal contributed less than 20% output.

And Huangzi dealt only a little over six thousand damage.

If you only look at the numbers, Huangzi looks like a pure deadweight, but anyone who watched the match will remember him vividly—his performance was MVP‑caliber.

Who would have thought?

This is actually the post‑match stats for a bot‑lane‑centric patch.

All the teams watching the match were shocked; many of their junglers received instructions from their own coaches: "Can Huangzi still play? If not, start practicing!"

Some teams saw only the strength of Huangzi, Rumble, and Fa Tiao's abilities, while others perceived something even more formidable:

Three‑teleport system!

In this version where every mid laner takes Swiftness, Perkz's Fa Tiao actually takes Teleport—and even the Ox‑head takes a Teleport!

The results are plain for all to see.

Is it strong?

It's insanely strong!

But is it easy to practice?

No, it's not.

This kind of tactic, which truly requires teammates' tacit understanding to be effective, is the hardest to drill among all types of systems.

Once mastered, it's also a versatile all‑purpose system that can be pulled out in any kind of game, and it doesn't restrict champion choice.

Although Huangzi, Fa Tiao, and Rumble are undoubtedly invincible, what if we swap them out for something else?

Can we replace the Ox‑head with another hard‑crowd‑control support?

Yes, both are possible.

Any coach with a bit of vision can easily think of a substitute combination; although it's hard to reach the explosive, brain‑free effect of Huangzi‑Rumble, the difference is actually small—it mainly comes down to teamwork and macro play.

In the hotel.

In the ROX lounge, the atmosphere was especially solemn.

On the screen, the image froze after CLG's crystal exploded, then cut to the backstage G2 lounge where the G2 coach looked relieved.

Everyone was silently digesting the shock that G2's victory in this match had given them.

Coach Nofe stood with arms crossed, biting his nails, pacing back and forth in the lounge.

Finally he seemed to sense something, suddenly stopped, lifted his wrist to glance at his watch, then turned to face everyone:

"No time to discuss.

"Everyone, first forget this match.

"Let's first get past this hurdle, then talk!"

The ROX players went on stage.

For them, the upcoming match is a life‑or‑death battle; any misstep means a bottomless abyss behind them.

Nobody will remember second place, let alone a team that only made the round of sixteen.

If ROX falls at this group‑stage hurdle, what awaits them is certain disbandment on the spot.

Of course, for their opponents, although their situations differ, the desire to win is the same.

Group A's qualification match, game four.

ANX faces off against ROX.

One side is the possibility of an unprecedented wildcard breaking into the elimination rounds.

On the other side, it is defeat and disband.

Either a miracle, or a tragedy.

Both teams did not want to leave their fate in others' hands; for this match, they gave their all, and at the point of life and death, both teams also erupted with shocking tenacity and will.

Both sides fought until 60 minutes, the Baron had been taken four times, yet still no victor was decided.

No one expected that ANX, a wildcard team, could actually push the LCK's top seed, ROX, to such a point.

By this point in the match, the outcome of the battle had nothing to do with skill or strength.

What both sides were fighting over was will.

But the final blow that decided it was ROX's veteran, GorillA's Minotaur.

At 65 minutes, both sides' five players were tugging in mid lane; GorillA seized the moment when the opposing mid laner's Vampire, after using Blood Pool to dodge and seeing the Syndra weaklings retreat and stand up, landed a W‑skill Flash Q that hit both the Vampire and the support Gem Knight simultaneously; ROX united, focusing fire on the Vampire already equipped with six god items, and instantly killed it before the Gem Knight's ultimate took effect.

After the late‑game Baron fell, ANX lost their kiting potential, and everyone, bearing the Gem Knight's invincible ultimate, charged forward desperately trying to trade for Pray's Female Police and Kuro's Syndra.

If the goal could be achieved, there would still be a chance to continue fighting.

Unfortunately, Xiao Huasheng's Mang Seng kick left ANX's attack lacking its sharpest edge for this round—Lu Xi An, bathed in invincible aura, had only just stepped forward when Xiao Huasheng's blind‑kick flash kicked him out of the battlefield.

ROX's members then took the opportunity to pull apart.

Although Xiao Huasheng couldn't escape either, by the time Lu Xi An returned to the battlefield, their invincible aura had already faded; the top laner Bo Bi failed to retreat in time and was caught by the Troll.

What followed was basically a scene like the Calabash Brothers saving their grandfather; ANX's four players were knocked out one after another by the late‑game six‑god‑item Female Police blowing up their heads.