Chapter 500: Goodbye, Changzhang; Goodbye, Nationalelectric!

EDG seized the opportunity, directly five people grouped together and aggressively pushed.

Indeed, seeing EDG's five members advancing with a menacing grouped push, VG's mid and bottom laners dared not approach to clear the wave, instead directly retreating.

EDG's team was delighted; a group shouted "Charge! Charge! Charge!" in the team voice chat and swarmed forward with the minion wave toward VG's middle turret.

VG's mid and bottom laners, "panicked," dodged and kept retreating.

Eager to claim credit, Changzhang rushed ahead, intending to use his body to block skills for the minions about to enter the turret, preventing VG's two from clearing the wave.

At that moment, a thin green chain shot out unexpectedly from the blue side's F6 brush fog.

Amidst the grating screech, Changzhang was hooked again, firmly bound by the hook.

Next, a lantern-wielding Hell Warden yanked the hook and flew over from behind the wall.

Immediately after, VG's top laner and jungler burst out from the upper side path.

"Holy shit, brothers, there's a trick!"

EDG's team realized they'd been tricked, frantically retreated, but having already sunk into the mire, wanting to run now was far from easy.

The seemingly panicked VG mid and bottom laners, as the sudden large force emerged, launched a counterattack; Sima Laozei, with the speed shield from Easyhoon, frantically auto-attacked from behind, his mouse and keyboard about to overheat.

In contrast, EDG's core marksman Jinx, due to Changzhang's instant demise, saw the team collapse like a mountain; Zet could only follow his teammates in fleeing, and without triggering the Ruthless passive, the short-legged Jinx had no output space—occasionally turning to fire a shot was feeble, contributing hardly any damage.

As for EDG's other members,

The counter-engage core Changzhang had already been insta-killed.

The mid lane core was the notorious poke master Ahri, whose damage was all soaked up by shields, and her ultimate could only be used to escape—expecting her to turn the tide was utterly unrealistic.

Top laner Mouse's barrel was a pure tank build, its damage pitifully low.

As for support Lulu, needless to say—no damage, no tankiness, her W crowd control merely gave the short-legged Jinx a speed boost to flee; in this collapsing scenario, a support had no choice but to be swept along in the retreat.

With feeble damage and a front line that couldn't hold, EDG had no resistance to VG's long-prepared ambush, being scattered in a single clash.

When they finally withdrew to the middle turret, Zet discovered that he was the sole survivor; his teammates had all fallen on the escape route, bodies strewn everywhere.

Even the agile Scout's fox could not escape; after being targeted by the overfed Kled, he unleashed three Soul Assaults but still couldn't get away—actually, the moment he failed to dodge Kled's EQ, his fate was sealed.

Wang Ji's resonant commentary voice echoed through the arena:

"Zero! Exchange! Four!"

"EDG ultimately had only one Jinx left alive!"

"It's over—EDG is about to lose Baron!"

"The middle turret will also fall…"

Indeed, amid the roaring cheers of the VG crowd, the four VG members headed straight for the upper river, leaving only a Kled who remained healthy after the teamfight to take down the turret.

Facing a Kled with two and a half abilities already online, Zet dared not even glance—seeing Kled brandish his sword and charge, Zet immediately fell back to the second turret.

While VG was taking Baron, the director hurriedly cut to the teamfight replay, fearing that if delayed even a second, EDG's crystal would explode and there'd be no chance to replay.

Changzhang, who died at the moment the teamfight erupted, was also the first to respawn; at this point Baron had not yet been taken by VG, but Changzhang was fully sober, aware of his own limits, knowing that with his elderly reflexes and mechanics, even against the most adept dragon‑stealer, the Mang Seng, he had no hope of prevailing before Dragon Lord·F God.

Thus, after respawning, Changzhang headed straight for the bottom lane, intending to take down VG's bottom second turret with the minion wave that would naturally push there.

This scene looked puzzling.

"Huh?!"

Watching Changzhang run all the way from the jungle to the enemy's bottom half, Miller's eyes widened, filled with intense disbelief,

"No, Changzhang wouldn't be thinking of pushing the lane to take the tower, right?! What's he thinking?!!

Rita also couldn't understand, her voice full of surprise:

"Yeah, although it should be possible to take it, it's meaningless—obviously once Baron falls, EDG has no chance to come back, just taking one tower…"

Ji de kept shaking his head, sighing:

"Maybe he's too nervous, now unable to judge the situation clearly."

"No, I think he's just……

Miller was a bit frustrated, about to blurt it out instinctively, but reason pulled him back, and he swallowed the last word.

The chat helped him finish the line:

【Just cowardly!】

【LMAO, while the enemy takes Baron I go push lane】

【LMAO, just like my bronze self】

【LMAO, I'm bronze too, but if I were the Mang Seng I'd definitely go feed】

【Sigh, really even if I just went to feed……】

【Changzhang is old】

【So disappointed!!!】

【I want to cry……the Mingkai who farmed pigs in the Korean server Challenger games will never come back】

【I really can't fan anymore, goodbye, Changzhang; goodbye, Nationalelectric!】

【True EDG fans wouldn't say Nationalelectric; the little chick is showing its black feet, huh】

Changzhang couldn't hear the commentary or see the chat, but he knew what he was doing; as a veteran weathered by many battles, he was also fully aware that countless people were surely cursing him, and even many former fans had turned from love to hate.

But he had no choice.

Changzhang knew his own ability, merely doing what he could—amid Baron Nashor's dying roar, he silently and firmly tore down VG's bottom second turret.

Then Changzhang turned back to regroup with his resurrected teammates and rushed the third dragon.

Changzhang knew that these gains, which usually looked decent, were as useless as a drop in the bucket against a four‑for‑zero exchange plus Baron.

But he truly had no choice.

……

VG's members went home to rest, then headed out again, beginning to execute the 4‑1 split‑push tactic.

EDG four people strongly defended the lower second tower. Scout relied on his own agility, at the same time he also showed fire, went forward and threw skills, he couldn't clear the wave, he just wanted to press down the HP of the enemy's key position, forcing VG to retreat.

As a result, Sima Laozei did not dodge or avoid, directly activated W and chased the point.

A barrage of sprays and explosions, in just two seconds Scout was already low on HP; fortunately he was fast and his operation was solid, the two ultimates were pulled apart, the final segment of Soul Assault dodged Big Mouth's predicted shot of the 'Orbital Gravity Cannon'.

The Nine-Tailed Fox, low on HP, returned to the high ground, all the way running toward Quan Shui.