Chapter 424: What can I do, he's charging at me!

Facing Xiaohu's plea for help, Malaxiangguo said:

"They know I'm here, just flash over, don't dare to touch you."

Xiaohu was speechless for a few seconds, then decided to appeal to emotion and reason: "Are you sure? I feel his combo can insta-kill me, with Giant Nine, one second seven blades how can I withstand that, bro."

"I fuck, believe me once, okay!"

Malaxiangguo had said it to this extent, Xiaohu had no reply, and feeling a bit angry, he actually started hoping the other would really dive him once, to prove he was right.

Just as Xiaohu wished, at the moment the front-line minion of the new wave entered the tower, Kled let out a 'skr' and charged straight at Xiaohu's face.

Xiaohu had originally planned to die to let Malaxiangguo see, but his hand reacted faster than his brain, and with a 'duang' he used his flash.

So fast that even Fu Lan Duo was startled:

"Holy shit, that fast?"

Fu Lan Duo originally just wanted to scare Xiaohu a bit, not really intending to fight.

As a result, she accidentally scared Xiaohu into using his flash.

Liang Yan, hiding in the mist behind Fu Lan Duo, also froze for a moment, and could only say, Xiaohu's reaction was absolutely insane.

On the commentator's desk, the three of them all let out an 'uh'.

Guan Zeyuan pondered for a moment, then said: "Although it feels a bit too steady, but you ask whether this flash should be used or not? I think it should still be used, after all you can't be sure if he will or won't hook, if he gets hooked then you still have to use it, so better early than late, this way the condition can be a bit healthier."

"That makes sense."

Xiaohu also felt that using his flash was completely fine.

But in Malaxiangguo's view, the problem was huge.

"Holy shit, how did you use your flash!"

Malaxiangguo loudly complained,

"If you don't flash, how are you supposed to defend this tower!"

Xiaohu said nothing, then turned and cleared the minion wave with a QW plus ultimate, clean and tidy, then directly recalled on the spot.

The skill Fu Lan Duo threw upfront couldn't possibly be pulled back, she just slipped away with a reverse E, clean and neat; seeing the minion wave gone, she didn't linger by the tower, turned and headed to the jungle to meet Liang Yan and counter the upcoming blue buff.

Malaxiangguo got no response from Xiaohu, and muttered curses as he ran to mid lane to avoid being caught by Kled. It's unclear whether Ziggs would be insta-killed by the seven-hit-per-second combo, but Malaxiangguo could only be sure he himself would be, so he simply didn't dare show his face in Kled's vision.

Uzi's voice came over the team channel:

"What's going on with you bottom lane, why did LiYuanhao's flash disappear again!"

"What can I do, he's charging at me!"

Malaxiangguo interjected: "They just wanted to scare you a bit, and you went and used your flash, I fucking……"

"You think it's just a scare, but if he hooks me I still have to use flash. I said if you came out earlier there wouldn't be so many issues, you don't believe me."

"How the hell am I supposed to come out, what's the use of coming out if I can't catch anyone!"

Xiaohu also got angry, his voice rose:

"I didn't ask you to catch people, come out and help me defend the tower!"

"Then I'll just stay bottom lane to defend your tower, right? Do nothing, right? Damn it, my jungle's been totally counter-jungled!"

"If you keep talking like this, we really can't communicate."

"You fucking……"

"Hey you guys stop fighting, fighting to death! Liushiyu, just guard LiYuanhao farming lane, I don't need you managing mid lane!"

Uzi shouted irritably a few times, and then the two stopped arguing.

However, the rift between mid and jungle had already appeared, both harbored resentment. The jungler couldn't hold the mid lane while clearing jungle camps, causing his jungle to be lost; the mid laner taking many kills from the jungler was useless, causing his lane to collapse.

But Uzi's words still worked; when the next minion wave came, Malaxiangguo obediently appeared behind Xiaohu, protecting him so he could safely farm the wave.

Although Malaxiangguo didn't steal Xiaohu's last hits, just by standing there he would share Xiaohu's experience, and Ziggs' development was still severely affected, already establishing a fixed level gap with the pressure-free vampire.

Moreover, after Malaxiangguo was locked to bottom lane, RNG's mid and top lanes also lacked the ability to initiate trouble, and the situation stalled just like that.

From a god's-eye view, RNG's situation seemed to have a hint of suffocation.

"Malaxiangguo now has zero tempo, the situation is completely in VG's hands, this situation is too easy for Jiao Shen, he can keep up his farm, the jungle monsters at home can still be fed to teammates, and the snowball will slowly start rolling."

"Actually……"

Guan Zeyuan hesitated a bit,

"I think VG's advantage is already quite big, we can try to use Baron to apply pressure, even rush Baron."

"Yes, because RNG's bottom lane one person can't hold Kled, with two people topside they'd be short-handed, VG can indeed try to take Baron."

"But VG's advantage is basically all on Kled; if the other four try to take Baron, there's still some risk."

"Just outnumber them; it's not necessary to go all the way, as long as we create space for Kled to duel alone."

"Um…… then it depends on VG's ability to create space."

RNG actually could realize that continuing like this would be a slow death, but they had no good options. First, nobody dared to make a risky call; in a stalemate, pulling one thread moves the whole body—if it directly exploded, the person making the call would bear the blame; second, they simply couldn't act, because Kled alone pushing this lane drained too much of their energy, Ziggs got flashed again, Malaxiangguo had just left and the second tower would fall, if Malaxiangguo went further away even the base would be torn down.

In short, one word: hard!

Two words: suffocating!

As for VG's side, their shot-caller Liang Yan wasn't the least bit anxious. This Kled point is something RNG can't solve no matter what; the further they go, the bigger the gap, there's no point in risking it—just wait for RNG to make a mistake.

Moreover, over the past half season, VG's match lengths have been very short, while other teams in the region average around thirty-six minutes, VG's average is under thirty minutes, which isn't entirely a good thing for VG, so Liang Yan is also consciously using RNG to hone the team's late-game ability.

Time continued to move forward.

At twenty-seven minutes, Fu Lan Duo went home to build her three-item set, then after leaving she came back to bottom lane, with Liang Yan still following along the whole way.

The situation remained stagnant, but beneath the calm surface Liang Yan noticed RNG quietly making some small moves.

Looks like they finally couldn't hold back.