Chapter 307: Clothes Burst

The thick mist once again shrouded the entire lower river path.

Xiao Huasheng had no time to ponder the strange behavior between G2's jungler and support; Vi, under his control, swiftly took down the three wolves, and before Barrel and Karma could arrive, he left a fake ward at the five-way intersection, then rushed up the high ground via the small path, finally hiding beneath the high ground to act as a bodyguard for the duo last-hitting under the enemy's second tower.

Caitlyn pushed the wave past the enemy's first tower, and after its remaining turret health was gone, she disappeared, not appearing before the second tower.

G2's jungler placed a ward upon entering and then vanished, his whereabouts unknown.

Xiao Huasheng cautiously crept into his own jungle with GorillA's female gunner, scouting half a circle, but found no trace of the enemy trio.

"He probably left..."

"He probably went to kill the small dragon."

"Hmm..."

The two simultaneously let out a sigh of relief, but then a feeling of shame and indignation welled up—the enemy had gone to kill the small dragon, yet they actually felt relieved.

"GorillA then said:"

"Let's set up vision first."

"Xiao Huasheng, however, said:"

"I'm out of wards."

He recalled to base right where he stood, and at the same time signaled to Kuro, who was hiding behind the tower to collect the wave:

"I'll go back to replenish wards; Rui Xiong brother, be careful."

Kuro acknowledged, assuming Xiao Huasheng would buy two true wards after recalling, so he abandoned the idea of finishing this wave's minion line before heading home to buy wards.

To his surprise, when Xiao Huasheng left the base, Kuro saw that Vi had only acquired two more swords, with no true wards purchased.

Kuro fell silent for two seconds:

"Wanghu, why aren't you bringing wards?"

"I'm out of money..."

Xiao Huasheng said weakly.

"You..."

Kuro's following words were cut off by a sudden roar of the small dragon.

Couldn't you buy one less sword and two more true wards instead?

But Kuro knows Xiao Huasheng well; swapping ten attack damage for two true wards would probably feel worse than killing him once, so Kuro said no more.

"G2 has taken the first small dragon!!"

The on‑site casters shouted, eliciting an extremely enthusiastic response from the audience.

The invited caster and CLG jungler Xmithie smacked his lips:

"Too bad it's not the fire dragon; otherwise it would have been a decisive kill."

"Wow, a fire dragon paired with the explosively farming mid‑laner Lu Xi An would definitely look spectacular."

"So it's a shame."

After securing the small dragon, Liang Yan returned to his own jungle to clear all the monsters, grabbed a blue buff for Perkz along the way, and then recalled again.

"Barrel should have a completed item this time when he recalls."

"That's certain."

"Jiao Shen had nothing but assists this game, yet unexpectedly he's also so tanky— he already has a major item at ten minutes, plus a pair of straw shoes."

"He hasn't skimmed on true wards."

"This Barrel is basically a utility player, and Jiao Shen's playstyle switched over seamlessly— he's really slick."

"Just kidding, Hexagon Jungler! Only the name is wrong, the nickname is spot‑on."

Barrel landed in the fountain, and his two components indeed combined into a completed item: a green level‑3 jungle knife.

The hilt of the knife was inlaid with a gem, but because the icon is small, the casters couldn't see it clearly. Miller squinted at it for a while and said uncertainly:

"If I'm not mistaken, it should be a slag item."

"Isn't slag supposed to have a green gem?" Guan Zeyuan took another look and said, "I think Jiao Shen's knife looks blue this time."

"Is it blue?"

"I think it looks like it!"

"Director, is it blue or green? Oh, the director said it's blue."

"It's a Rune Broad Sword, bro!"

"Wow, a damage item?"

"Exactly! A damage item! Who said the jungle Barrel has to be a utility pick? With my huge advantage, a damage item lets me unleash more power!"

"Awesome, Jiao Shen is playing it too!"

"No, this is the understanding of a top‑tier jungler... the World's No. 1 Jungler!"

"Oh wow! The title has already been changed!"

The bullet comments began to scroll.

Many also asked:

【"How much is the World's No. 1 Jungler worth?"】

Up in the high stands— the tickets for those who booked late and couldn't get good seats— Lu Wenjun sat among the enthusiastic crowd, also pondering this question.

How much would an absolute top‑tier champion jungler be worth?

Is VG's money really enough?

Will G2 let their player go?

If they can't acquire Liang Yan, what will VG do next year?

Suddenly, a gasp erupted in the venue, a whoosh that snapped Lu Wenjun's thoughts back to reality; he instinctively glanced at the big screen.

The view switched to the top lane, where Jax with around half health was turning back, while low-health Nal was hiding behind the tower to recall, and his flash had just entered cooldown.

Lu Wenjun was momentarily stunned.

Did he flash?

He almost solo-killed Smeb in lane!

This top laner isn't simple either; if we really can't buy Liang Yan, taking a top laner wouldn't be bad… but it seems his playstyle overlaps with our own top laner Zhu Xiaolong, and looking at the whole season's performance, he's only slightly stronger than Zhu Xiaolong, so it's really unnecessary.

But if we could get Liang Yan, we could instead bundle him along…

VG's leader once again fell into his own thoughts.

He went home, should we push?

In G2's internal voice channel, Lao Zhang cautiously sought his teammates' opinions,

I still have half health.

Of course we should push, but let Lu Ka take this tower; you go guard the bottom lane, and Wen Xi comes to mid lane.

Liang Yan said while running to the top lane, at the same time calling out to Perkz:

Lu Ka, hurry up and come!

If it were another top laner, they would surely object to Liang Yan's arrangement—after all, why should I give up the advantage I earned to someone else?

But Lao Zhang, without even thinking, pushed the lane and then retreated to base.

Perkz had a huge advantage in mid lane, but he didn't keep dueling with Orianna; each time he just spent a few seconds clearing the minion wave and then left, rarely staying in mid lane. Earlier when the fight broke out in top lane, Perkz had just finished clearing a wave, saw the two player icons converge, and knew the top lane situation had changed—no matter who won or lost, it would break the top lane balance—so he immediately canceled his plan to go down to provide cover for Caitlyn's push, turned and ran up.

When the minion wave pushed into the tower, Lu Xi An arrived just in time to take over, and at the same time Liang Yan came to the upper half of the map, leading Mithy into ROX's upper half jungle, placing two protective wards, but not showing up in lane.

As ROX collapsed in a roar, the gold disparity between the sides widened further.

Under the pressure, even Smeb's condition went wrong—just now he almost got solo-killed by Jia ke zhang!

Now ROX is like a house leaking everywhere, while G2's snowball keeps growing, their gold advantage already exceeding four thousand!

In G2's break room, Ka Lao Si stared at the screen with fierce eyes, like a hunter watching a dying animal struggle in a trap, waiting for it to breathe its last before pouncing.

At one moment, Ka Lao Si didn't know what he had thought of, suddenly his face flushed, he let out a low roar and stood up, flung off his suit jacket onto the floor, didn't sit down, just stood there watching, his large nostrils exhaling rough breaths, his chest heaving violently.