Chapter 451: So tough, Ma Ge!

Condi called out "great uncle‑in‑law," making Mystic imagine some very unpleasant scenes, a chill ran through his body, and goosebumps popped up.

This nickname "great uncle‑in‑law" had already become Mystic's fixed title within the WE team, and even gained some fame among fans. This was because shortly after WE officially announced his addition at the end of S5, Mystic posted on Weibo a childhood photo of himself with his two sisters; the sisters were extremely good‑looking, and fans flooded the comment section with:

【The sisters are so cute, I've claimed you as my great uncle‑in‑law!】

Then, within the WE fan circle, Mystic became known as "great uncle‑in‑law"; the team kept joking around, and eventually the nickname replaced his real name.

However, this nickname hasn't yet spread completely online; commentators occasionally let it slip, but usually they still refer to him by his ID "Mystic".

According to later developments, the nickname "great uncle‑in‑law" finally went viral, which only happened at the S7 World Championship, when Mystic's two sisters came to the venue to cheer for WE, and the sisters of Xi Ye, Ben, Condi and others also appeared; the director kept giving them screen time, countless viewers were stunned by the sisters' looks, and only then did the "Uncle Heaven Squad" start to blow up across the internet.

After that, "great uncle‑in‑law" became Mystic's real name in everyone's mouth.

But getting back to the point, Condi's shout of "great uncle‑in‑law" is something Mystic will never accept. Although Condi is very talented and looks promising, his face full of acne is……

Mystic didn't respond to Condi, silently leaving the grass beside the bottom lane, running toward the river, where he met Ben, who was hiding in the bushes with a pretty sister, at the river mouth.

At the same time, mid laner Xi Ye's clockwork moved from the river toward the opposite slope, and indeed he saw Easyhoon's Syndra.

The two bottom‑laners immediately left the grass at the river mouth, checked the opposite triangular grass patch, saw no one, and quickly slipped in to crouch in the bushes.

They prepared to give the VG duo a surprise encounter.

From WE's perspective, this sneaky ambush was utterly undetected and absolutely perfect.

However……

"Huh? Could those two WE players be trying to ambush VG's bottom lane?"

"No way, this grass has a ward—someone's sitting on it!"

"Wow, Jiao Shen's ward placed ahead of time is absolutely brilliant—like Zhuge Liang's flawless plan!"

"How amazing—how did he know WE would come over to ambush someone?"

"Just say… awesome, is this the keen sense of the World's No. 1 Jungler? A bit scary!"

The commentators exclaimed in surprise, and the audience below joined in the uproar, making the whole venue as lively as a big market.

In VG's team channel, everyone was both shocked and delighted, also chattering excitedly.

Xiao Duan: "Holy crap, Liang Yan, are you a prophet? You really guessed it right!"

Marquis: "Awesome!"

Fu Lan Duo: "Pretty slick this round."

Sima Laozei: "Badass."

Xiao Duan: "What do you say, Ma Ge—shall we take them on in one go?"

Sima Laozei, however, countered: "Not sure we can win—do we really want to fight?"

Xiao Duan: "Huh? I'm asking you."

Sima Laozei: "I didn't ask you. I'm asking Jiao Shen."

Although the two WE players had already been spotted by the ward, in a 2v2 situation the sheriff and Karma were still quite formidable; the ice archer and Lulu had no burst damage at level one, and Xiao Duan had already learned his E skill to shield Liang Yan and help start the jungle, while the two enemy women were long‑armed and long‑legged, and the fan mom's level‑one burst was extremely strong, so it was quite possible they couldn't beat them.

Liang Yan, however, had a plan ready and answered Sima Laozei:

"We can fight. Xiao Duan, hold onto your skill—don't give me a shield."

"Uh, then your jungling will take a lot of damage."

"No problem; I'll probably hit level three without clearing the third camp."

Fu Lan Duo immediately retorted, "How are you leveling up? Cheating?"

However, Liang Yan ignored him and gave details to the bottom‑lane duo:

"When you fight later, don't be timid—try to force out their wards. Their jungler starts in the upper half and won't go all‑in against you."

Liang Yan spoke rather simply, his thoughts a bit jumpy. Sima Laozei, who had teamed up with him for a season, thought it over and understood.

"All right!"

While the three were discussing, the monsters had respawned and were already down to half health.

The duo attacked a few times and then left, leaving Liang Yan to finish the job alone.

Since Lulu didn't give a shield, this finish was still tough, even with two helpers leashing the jungle; when Smite finally killed the red buff, the blue steel shadow ended up losing nearly half its health bar, which is very damaging for a jungler, because afterward he'll have no Smite for the next two camps and will inevitably lose more health.

"Even with help leashing, losing half a bar of health really sucks, Jiao Shen."

"Indeed it's awful; I can't figure out why he insists on picking this for jungle."

"But wait, a fight actually broke out over here!"

"What? We clearly saw the ward, so how could they still engage? What's going on!"

"They definitely can't win this!"

Sima Laozei and Xiao Duan charged straight at the WE duo's face as if they couldn't see the two people hiding in the grass.

The battle erupted instantly.

"Ma Ge rushed in too fast! He took a full RQ from the fan mom straight away; even with Lulu's shield helping to block, he still lost one health chunk!"

"The sheriff's Q also hit!"

"But Sima Laozei didn't retreat; he charged forward and landed a basic attack!"

"Wow, Ma Ge, you're so tough!"

Sima Laozei kept auto‑attacking as he walked forward, striking a pose as if he'd strapped on a bomb and was ready to go down together with the enemy.

Mystic really didn't expect the enemy to be this bold—after already taking two abilities, they still dared to charge at his face; this is outright crazy!

But thinking that this is the same Sima Laozei who dares to chase five people alone and auto‑attack, Mystic felt it wasn't strange at all for him to fight like this.

During the fight, Mystic realized the enemy jungler was nearby while his own jungler was in the upper half; if they went all‑in he'd surely lose, so he fought while retreating toward the river, leaving the bushes after just a couple steps and losing vision there.

Meanwhile, Sima Laozei and Xiao Duan stood in the grass, holding vision advantage and peppering him with shots; each hit looked like a mere scratch, but the sheriff herself is quite fragile and can't withstand sustained output, and the ice archer's basic attack even applies a slow!

Seeing the health advantage he'd built up with burst abilities about to be erased, Mystic grew anxious; if he kept running he'd be slowed down and chased, and unless he wanted to become a fleeing dog, he had to turn and counter‑attack!

But the bushes were held by the VG duo, leaving WE without vision!