Chapter 390: Just try and you'll die

Time had reached eighteen minutes.

With Baron about to respawn, WE had lost all three outer towers; if they didn't want vision pressure to become too high later, they needed to start securing vision in the upper half area from now, lest they get caught placing wards, at the very least ensuring vision on both sides of mid lane, otherwise the minion wave wouldn't dare push past a tower.

After Mystic's arrow lit up the upper river, Ben's female gunner slipped into the jungle gap before the mid second tower, scanning as she strode swiftly toward the river.

Marquis's Clockwork alone held mid lane; after clearing the wave, he noticed a fake ward suddenly appear in the left-side river brush, realizing someone had come to place a ward, he turned and ran toward the river, intending to harass the enemy ward-placer.

He stood in the river, tossed a blind-fire ball over the wall, luckily it grazed the female gunner, and one-quarter of her health vanished instantly.

Both the striker and the struck were startled.

The damage is that high?!

In an instant, Marquis glanced at the female gunner's level, a thought flashed through his mind, and his fingers began to act instinctively.

Amid a strange humming sound, a ring of spatial undulation appeared around the female gunner.

Ben was at full health; although he was startled by the Clockwork's damage, he never thought he would die, and the idea of using flash didn't even cross his mind.

By the time he reacted and realized he might be instantly killed, the Clockwork's shockwave had already engulfed him, and with a bang, the magic ball exploded.

Clockwork lightly auto-attacked over the wall.

The whole process took only a few tenths of a second; even the director monitoring the replay didn't react in time, and when the camera switched over, Miss Fortune had already collapsed on the ground.

The audience gasped, eyes wide, both bewildered and shocked.

"What?!"

He recalled shouting loudly,

"How did Ben die? What happened?!"

"The Clockwork's ultimate is on cooldown; I guess he was burst down in one combo."

"No, Ben seems to have just left base!"

"He just left base; he must have been burst down at full health."

"That's too exaggerated! Isn't Clockwork a late-game hero?!"

"Mainly because the female gunner is too low level—only level 8—and aside from one support item she built no defensive gear, her health is around 1200, while Clockwork is level 12 with one and a half items and magic penetration shoes, its skills deal almost true damage to her."

"I've seen this scene in an IG match before, Rookie's Clockwork..."

In VG's team voice channel, everyone kept exclaiming "holy shit".

To be honest, even Liang Yan didn't see it.

"How was he killed?"

"I, I don't know either."

Marquis himself was also dazed,

"I just thought I could give it a try, and he died."

Baron hadn't respawned yet, VG's other members were also doing their own things; this single kill merely delayed WE's vision placement a little, and in reality it wouldn't have much impact on the game state.

But it dealt a severe blow to WE's morale.

In WE's player bench, Ben sat in his seat, eyes vacant, and only after a while did he come to.

A combo plus an auto-attack, so fast—Thunder went *bang* and it was gone……

This time he didn't have a chance to use flash.

Next time he can use flash.

And after that?

WE's members were shocked.

Mystic's Frost Archer was only two levels higher than Ben, but his build was even more fragile.

Condi is also level ten, and his build isn't much tougher than those of the long-range champions.

What's worse is that every enemy is a long-range champion……

How are we supposed to fight this team fight?

I'm afraid we'll be crippled before the team fight even starts.

WE's squishies began to fear, acting timidly, they couldn't place vision, and the map beyond the outer tower's ruins was completely black.

Meanwhile, their own upper-half jungle was littered with VG's wards, even two wards under the high ground; WE knew the wards were there but couldn't clear them because both teams' scans were on cooldown. You say true sight? There are too many places needing true sight, and each player can only have one true sight on the field, and it's expensive, so naturally they must place it in the most crucial spots—like both sides of mid lane, and the key positions protecting the side lanes—these all require true sight.

He recalled sighing, "Take a look at WE's blue buff jungle—it's packed with VG's wards, my trypophobia is about to act up."

"The blue buff was invaded again."

At that moment, a magic crystal arrow was shot from mid lane toward top lane.

"The Frost Archer fired another arrow before heading home, trying to find a chance to help the Mantis get a kill, but in the end it was way off—everywhere along the path were VG wards, and Sheng Qiang Ge slipped away quickly."

"In this game, Mystic seems to have been hit by just one arrow."

"I don't remember; there's no impression."

"In this situation, the Frost Archer trying to hit someone from afar is too hard; no matter where you shoot, the enemy sees your trajectory from far away because of their wards, so you definitely can't land it."

"Well, missing isn't a big loss anyway; he's heading home, and there's no urgent team fight to engage in, so he'll be back soon after leaving base."

"Marquis also went home."

"Could it be that he has Luden's Echo?"

At the moment Clockwork's magic spirit landed in the Quan Shui, the useless staff in its item slot directly turned into a 【Luden's Echo】.

"Luden! Yeah, got it—now bursting someone will be even more effortless."

"Even WE's best-developed Frost Archer on their side would still need another two or three minutes to craft their own hurricane."

"Condi, fearing being burst by Clockwork, already built a small magic-drain blade, making his completion time even more indefinite."

"By comparison... oh?! Jiao Shen also has two items!"

The camera cut to Liang Yan, as the Demacian Prince unleashed an EQ combo from the Quan Shui.

So when the dragon collides while gliding, press P to open the shop, buy True Sight, close the shop, adjust the position of True Sight in the equipment slots……

This move is called Liang's Eye-Buying Method.

It's extremely simple; just having a brain is enough.

Backstage here, Director 1, who noticed this detail, had his mouth open wide enough to swallow an egg, his eyes bulged like copper bells, and he blurted out a "What the fuck?!" on the spot.

Fortunately, his communication mic with the commentator was off, so he wouldn't scare anyone.

Director 1 was shocked beyond words.

What kind of hand speed is this?!

Damn, even the script isn't this fast!

No way, I absolutely have to share this astonishing discovery with the viewers!

But what can be done?

Could we get a colleague to help with a replay?

No, there are too many online viewers; those who don't understand will feel confused for no reason.

In the live stream, there's probably nothing we can do; we can only finish this match and talk later.

Director 1 was both excited and tormented; his strong urge to share made him feel as if ten thousand ants were crawling on him, scratching his ears and cheeks, almost driving him mad.

Seeing this, a colleague asked him:

"What were you yelling just now? What's wrong with you?"

"No, nothing..."