Chapter 295: Too tragic!

Watching Perkz approach the river brush, Xiao Huasheng felt so happy he almost teared up; no one knew how much pressure he was under in those few minutes.

Xiao Huasheng wasn't afraid of taking the blame, wasn't afraid of being the invisible man, wasn't afraid of fans scolding him as the world's number one impact jungler, but he didn't want to lose!

The Season 6 World Championship was very likely the last important tournament he'd fight alongside his older brothers; he wanted to see it through to the end, using his own ability to win an honor that would boost their value, making it easier to find a new team next year.

Although to those with a god's-eye view it seemed Xiao Huasheng spent those few minutes sleepwalking, in reality he was constantly monitoring every lane for an opening to strike.

But the enemy wouldn't give him any chance!

The enemy top laner was playing Kennen like a dog—only last‑hitting, never pressuring, and would rather miss last hits just to soak experience than let the minion wave push, giving Xiao Huasheng no chance at all.

In mid lane, Kuro's Ryze was already doing tickle damage; after being caught and falling behind, his damage was pitifully low, making it impossible for him to cooperate with Xiao Huasheng to kill that Renekton.

Although bot lane had an advantage, the enemy had an Alistar holding the line—how could a single Mang Seng with two squishy allies dive under the enemy tower?

So although Xiao Huasheng felt as anxious as an ant on a hot pan, he had no recourse and could only grit his teeth and farm for a few minutes.

Until he reached level six.

Xiao Huasheng came to mid lane and hard‑camped for nearly half a minute.

Finally, the chance he'd been waiting for arrived!

"Peanut's making a move!"

At the moment Renekton placed a ward in the river brush, before the eyes of the worldwide audience, Xiao Huasheng cleanly flashed with his W and moved in.

There's no denying it—the execution was flawless and incredibly slick!

"W‑flash into a spinning kick, then straight into Q—all in one fluid motion!"

"But before he could be kicked away, Renekton reacted and unleashed his ultimate!"

"Kuro watched the huge Renekton kicked right in front of him, a little scared—he immediately cast Star String High Fall to push Renekton away, shoved his Star Orbit to the outer edge, scraping it while pushing out his Q!"

"Peanut's second Q came in with a punch and a kick!"

"Kuro's combo landed with incredible precision—Surging Star River hit successfully, following up with crowd control to knock back Renekton! But as a W‑main Ryze, his Q is only level two, so the crowd control duration is extremely short!"

"Renekton's health instantly dropped below one‑third, but ROX's two‑person burst had already finished; they couldn't kill him in the short window, and the moment the crowd control ended he turned and counter‑attacked!"

At the instant Renekton turned, Xiao Huasheng saw a spear fly out of the mist—it hit him like a lightning bolt!

What?

It was coming from behind!!

In extreme panic, Xiao Huasheng's index finger shot toward the D key like lightning!

But he didn't actually flash; pressing Flash was just a reflex born of fear.

Actually, even if he had Flash it wouldn't help—this version of Renekton's W takes effect extremely fast, the crowd control applying as soon as he lifts his hand to swing the first blow!

"Renekton's Fury‑W locked onto Peanut!"

"Nidalee's spear arrived at the same time; a Q from over a thousand units away dealt full damage, chunking a huge portion of Peanut's health. Combined with Renekton's Fury‑W and the lingering burn from his ultimate, Peanut's health instantly fell below half!"

"Moreover, the Fury‑W's crowd control lasts a long time! Jiao Shen calmly walked up, healed Renekton a bit, transformed into a leopard, and unleashed a combo that crippled the Mang Seng, then finished off Renekton with a freshly cooled Fury‑Q, killing him and even gaining a big chunk of health back!"

"Kuro knew the tide had turned; although he still had plenty of time to run, he dared not give chase!"

"Xiao Huasheng, Xiao Huasheng!!"

"After painstakingly camping for half a minute, the result was that he not only failed to kill that Renekton, but gave up his own life, paying an agonizing price!"

"Good heavens, it's too tragic! After camping for so long, he never expected to be counter‑camped by Jiao Shen—this wave's impact on ROX's morale is simply earth‑shattering!"

"But there's no choice—if you want to forcefully engage a Renekton with his ultimate up, you have to be ready to pay the corresponding cost. Ryze's damage against such a fighter is naturally low, and Kuro isn't faring well this game; expecting to burst down a Renekton with a Mang Seng of similar strength is outright impossible. The moment Peanut engaged, you should have anticipated it turning into a chase; once counter‑camped, the outcome is irreversible."

The director's camera cut to the ROX players' bench; Xiao Huasheng slumped in his gaming chair, hands over his face, the visible complexion deathly pale.

Guan Zeyuan watched, feeling a bit unable to bear it, sighed, and said:

"Actually… if he hadn't been counter‑camped, they could still have killed him. If Ryze had taken Ignite, they could still have killed him… but there's no 'if'; in this patch a mid laner can't take Ignite, and Jiao Shen's counter‑camp is as cheaty as ever—no matter how hard it is to accept, the fact is ROX blew this fight, and the impact is severe."

"Yeah, don't look at Renekton's low health right now—once Nidalee heals him a bit and he lands his own Fury‑Q, he'll be back above half health in no time. With the two of them pushing the wave forward, Kuro alone wouldn't dare hold the tower."

"Exactly, Renekton still has Flash—he can provide steady crowd control, Nidalee has burst damage, and together they can burst down a squishy Ryze with ease."

As the LPL trio of commentators predicted, after Liang Yan secured the kill he didn't retreat; instead he stayed to help push a wave, and once his E cooled down he healed Perkz, pulling Renekton's health bar back up, then the two took the lane forward to destroy the tower.

Meanwhile, facing a Renekton who had built up half his fury bar and still had Flash, Kuro's only option was to retreat into the second tower and hide.

Renekton and Nidalee weren't demolishing the tower blazingly fast, but they weren't slow either; as the most important mid‑lane tower in vision control, once it fell the two side lanes probably couldn't hold out much longer.

Seeing the defensive tower about to be half‑destroyed, top laner Smeb, anxious in heart and eyes, finally couldn't resist and took a safe spot to cast Teleport.

Meanwhile, the two G2 players saw the defensive tower light up with Teleport's glow, immediately turned and ran down without hesitation, clearly intending to go to bot lane to drive off the ROX duo and take down a tower.

The Mang Seng was still about ten seconds from respawning; Smeb had anticipated this, but he didn't dare cancel Teleport, for if he didn't come down the G2 duo would likely turn around immediately—after all, this is a cannon‑wave minion line, and there were still plenty of minions before the tower, enough for them to demolish it.

The ROX duo naturally didn't dare to hold strong; before retreating, PraY tried to clear the wave with his ultimate, but Alistar brutally blocked every projectile with his body.

PraY had no choice but to run and hide in the second tower alongside GorillA.