Chapter 236: Words of Defeat

Liang Yan signaled in the bushes, feigned a retreat toward the river lane, and waited for the crescent mark above his head to fade before turning back, standing at the wall's base against the lower half of the broken wall—his spot was an excellent vision point under the lamp's blind spot; unless someone warded through the wall, Bengi in the grass couldn't see him.

Upon hearing they were going fishing, Mithy got excited and rushed forward to place a ward.

As Bengi was withdrawing from the bushes, Mang Seng's figure was revealed, and at the same time, the sightstone ward Bengi had just placed before leaving, which had just entered stealth, was also seen by the two.

Figure: Vi's vision spot.

Mang Seng's health was a little over half.

Liang Yan kept an eye on Thresh's position with his peripheral vision, noticed the opponent intending to move in, and softly said into the mic:

Fall back a bit.

Mithy immediately turned and retreated.

He had been spotted by the ward in the bushes, this action caused SKT's guard to slack a little, and Thresh stopped his advance.

At the same time, Bengi turned back and entered the grass.

It wasn't that he wanted to risk himself, but this bush cannot be given up; if given up, the duo under the tower might be caught, since Ezreal and Thresh have no flash, and the top lane Titan has already vanished from sight—G2 is such a strange team, no one knows if they'll go insane and send Titan down to cause trouble.

Moreover, Bengi didn't see Vi's figure and wanted to check his movements.

Just as he entered the grass, Vi suddenly appeared in his face.

Damn!

That ghost‑like sudden appearance startled Bengi, making his whole body jerk, and he began frantically pounding the keyboard.

Jiao Shen suddenly struck!

As Ben Ji entered the grass, he charged a punch and struck! Janna's E missed but Q landed! Vi burst out three rings, Mang Seng with a sliver of health flashed out, Vi followed with flash auto‑attack! Direct! Brutal! Death!

Such high damage! Mang Seng with half his health was instantly taken out by the vision‑control!

The arena erupted in cheers!

On the European analysts' desk, the four commentators jumped up together!

Three‑to‑one!

G2 gained a huge advantage at the start!

Firrrrrre is still pushing!

Even facing the renowned double‑crown jungler Bengi, he showed no awe whatsoever! A perfect vision‑control engage sent Bengi straight back home!

OMG! Firrrrrre!

Using an ancient Chinese proverb to describe him, he's basically a newborn tiger daring to flash his sharp claws at anyone!

G2 team voice chat.

Mithy's apologetic voice sounded, full of shame.

Liang Yan said it was fine, twisted to dodge Thresh's tongue lash, then retreated; with Mithy's help he ate the Stone Armor Beetle, then hid by the wall, vision‑controlled, and recalled.

Top lane, Titan emerged from the shadow behind the river‑lane wall and reappeared in SKT's vision.

After leaving base, he cleared two monster groups in the lower half, then went to bot lane to counter‑gank, but caught no one, so he recalled again.

He had just arrived in the upper half when Bengi showed up in bot lane.

Although G2's duo had no flash, the bot lane minion wave had just reset and wasn't easy to catch; Bengi forced an engage, crushing Janna's condition.

Perkz had already reported a mid lane miss; the duo dared not keep feeding, preferred to lose a bit of CS, and simply retreated under the tower together to recall, planning to recover some stats.

As a result, Faker flashed out from the triangular grass, and a flash‑pulled shockwave caught both of them.

Mithy was instantly killed.

Zven was interrupted while recalling.

Liang Yan glanced at the top‑lane minion wave situation and stopped Lao Zhang's plan to teleport‑assist.

Zven was eventually surrounded and killed.

Then Faker didn't go back mid, but stayed in bot lane to push the tower with the duo.

Perkz also didn't go bot, but instead split‑pushed mid lane alone, taking the tower and farming.

Liang Yan came to top lane, chased away Duke's Nasus, then left Lao Zhang to solo‑push the tower while he himself dove into the blue side's upper jungle, taking the Magic Swamp Frog and blue buff, then withdrew to eat the river crab, cleared his own second red buff and F4, and finally recalled.

Not long after Liang Yan left base, the outer tower collapsed with a boom; Faker and Ezreal shared the first‑tower bounty, and Thresh recalled early to head toward mid.

Kill scores were even, and G2 lost a tower.

At the same time, bot lane's original CS advantage was tied and even reversed.

However, top lane had a dozen‑plus CS lead, mid lane also led by a few CS, their CS advantage slightly recouped some economy, but G2's total gold shifted from a 1,000 lead two minutes ago to a 1,000 deficit.

On the LCK analysts' desk, Paoxiao Di and his two co‑commentators exhaled in relief and began chatting cheerfully.

Everything returned to normal; the situation looked no different from a typical LCK versus EU‑NA match, where EU‑NA teams often gain an early edge with novel tactics, but soon lose it for various reasons.

The three LPL commentators shook their heads and sighed, the excitement fading; Miller's voice took on a drowsy, long‑haired tone, sounding listless and flat.

Meanwhile, in the chat, RNG fans started spamming smug faces.

Some neutral viewers sighed for G2.

Comments like '3‑0' kept scrolling across the broadcast.

On the European analysts' desk, the four commentators' voices were filled with deep helplessness.

"Ah, still no good?"

"Well, all I can say is that this is SKT—instantly making up two thousand gold, this is the true strength of a top team in LoL esports, it's terrifying."

"Don't lose heart, everyone—I still think there's hope!"

"Really? Though I hate to admit it, experience tells me that G2 will likely fall into SKT's operational rhythm, stuck in a mire with no escape."

"Oh, that's a suffocating feeling—I've felt it countless times; it's truly miserable, even desperate."

"No no no, you're too pessimistic!"

Your Excellency, how can you teach me?

I don't have so much lofty talk, but I believe in Firrrrrre!

... Firrrrrre, he has indeed created many miracles, but... Drakos Teacher, this is the semifinals, it's a Bo5, his opponent is SKT, the Great Demon King.

——You know what I'm going to say, right?

There are no miracles here, nor can we rely on luck; to win the final victory, we must possess genuine solid strength and mental quality.

Yes, Firrrrrre is indeed excellent, but he is still too young.

Of course, we all believe that given time, he will surely grow into a more excellent, more mature top-tier jungler; by then, I believe he will stand on the highest stage, perhaps his teammates will no longer be these people, but...

No, how do I feel like you're issuing post-defeat remarks?!

Please! Pull yourself together, okay!

It's only the first game now!

Only nine minutes!

And look!

Faker's return to base is about to be cut off.