Chapter 503

"Truly, Qingying Shadow as a jungler!"

Zhu Xiaolong sighed, then said:

"Could it really be that they came prepared?"

Fu Lan Duo, however, laughed:

"A four-protection-one setup with Qingying Shadow and Galio system—give the top lane a Titan, where's the early-game damage?"

"Galio and Jinx."

"Picking this lineup against the male gunner—quite bold."

"Hahaha..."

Amidst the banter, VG finally locked in their last pick:

Card Master·Twisted Fate!

In an instant, Nofe's heart sank halfway.

Ai Luoli's Qingying Shadow jungler was indeed a newly practiced secret weapon—proficiency wasn't high, barely usable, and moreover, due to lack of sparring partners, EDG had only run this system a few times against their second team in practice matches, with decent results, but little reference value, after all, the gap between first and second teams is too large.

Moreover, speaking frankly, Nofe felt EDG's player roster itself wasn't suited to play the Qingying Shadow Galio system, because the top laner could only be a supporting player, lacking agility, unable to handle something as complex as Galio.

And if Scout were to play Galio, the top lane would lack carry ability, so the entire team's damage burden would fall entirely on Zet.

Zet was brought over by Nofe, half-sold half-given, and until last year had been playing mid lane, only switching to AD carry in the spring split; as for this player's ability, Nofe knows better than anyone—let him take the damage core, no problem, give him output space in teamfights and his performance won't be too bad, but ask him to single-handedly carry the team? Sorry, impossible.

With such a player setup, asking them to play this highly complex and demanding tactical system—can they pull it off? You know he can't.

But Changzhang, provoked by A Bu, just threw in the towel.

What now?

Nofe was truly forced into desperation, hence pulling out this thing.

However, it's obvious that as the developers of this tactical system, VG have countermeasures—Crocodile + Male Gunner + Card + EZ Hammer Stone, from lane to teamfight, they can pretty much shut down EDG's lineup completely.

Especially this Male Gunner...

If Qingying Shadow doesn't get fat, this Male Gunner becomes basically invincible in the mid-game.

Admittedly, VG's lineup looks a bit lacking in AP damage, but you should know that when damage type needs to be considered, the game has already entered the late stage.

Because only after twenty minutes, as the team's damage-soaking frontline—those cattle and horse tanks forced to eat grass and squeeze blood—can they build targeted resistance items.

So the question arises: in the mid-game, when damage is at its weakest, how can EDG's lineup withstand the peak of Crocodile + Male Gunner + EZ?

Nofe is also a lone wolf; returning to the rest room, his first words were:

"Sorry, I'm afraid I'll let everyone down."

A Bu's face instantly turned grim as water, though he couldn't lash out in front of the boss.

You spent so much money bringing me back, and even helped me take in an unwanted burden, and this is the result?!

At this very moment, A Bu has already begun regretting his hasty decision to sign a one-year contract with Nofe—now it looks like even six months is too much!

……

But Nofe's vision and judgment are precise.

The progression of the second match was completely consistent with Nofe's prediction—although it began with a laughably absurd opening.

EDG, relying on their lineup's level-one teamfight advantage, started with a group invasion into VG's jungle, only to walk into an ambush—Mouse Titan got hooked first, used Flash to escape with low health.

Then VG kept pressing, and Scout's Galio flashed out.

EDG's remaining three members each lost some health to varying degrees.

Then the big moment came.

When EDG pulled back to a safe distance, the time had already reached one minute and ten-odd seconds—returning to base to heal was obviously too late; having lost one-third of their health in the level-one teamfight, Ai Luoli could only grit her teeth and continue jungling, the bottom lane duo helping to clear jungle, but couldn't help too much, because Jinx had to contest the bottom lane for lane control, helped auto-attack a few times, then turned and ran down.

The first three levels are precisely when Qingying Shadow jungler faces maximum pressure; Ai Luoli wasn't in full condition to begin jungling, so to minimize health loss, she had to spend extra time pulling jungle monsters, but lost control of distance—when the duo left, aggro wasn't transferred properly, and the Red Buff actually chased after the duo.

At this point, the duo naturally couldn't turn back, or else this would never end.

Ai Luoli could only chase after it to reclaim the Red Buff's aggro, and though she reclaimed the aggro, the Red Buff retaliated with two punches, beating her down to near-low health.

Ai Luoli panicked—the Red Buff still needed three basic attacks to be smited, but if she hard-tanked three auto-attacks, the Red Buff would also hit her twice; even if she could smite to heal, her remaining health wouldn't be enough to sustain her to clear the second jungle camp—instead, she'd have to return to base to recover before coming back out.

Reaching that point, losing face would be trivial—returning to base at level two for a jungler is like the sky falling, and moreover, Ai Luoli is playing a jungler weak at clearing—Qingying Shadow—so by then, even without outside interference, she'd completely collapse on her own.

So Ai Luoli began playing the extreme kiting jungle monster routine, trying to free-ride on jungle monsters.

But she messed up the operation again—after AQ, she turned slightly slow, ate another punch from the Red Buff, panicked even more, inattentive, and actually lost aggro again—the Red Buff turned and ran straight into her den, healing rapidly as it ran.

Ai Luoli became a total noob, panicking and rushing forward to try to pull aggro back.

The Red Buff turned again and threw another punch...

Ai Luoli finally gave up, dared not play fancy anymore, thought: screw it, just go home—first swallow this damn Red Buff, then talk.

She gritted her teeth and used Smite, drank a sip of blood, then stood and fought the Red Buff.

And yet, she still couldn't beat it.

When Qingying Shadow's final basic attack lifted its hand, the Red Buff's damage had already been dealt.

【Minion killed EDG. Fireloli!】

Ai is still trash, gotta edit the image myself

Under the gaze of tens of thousands, Ai Luoli was gloriously counter-killed by a three-health Red Buff.

Throughout the process, the director's camera stayed fixed on Ai Luoli.

At the moment Qingying Shadow collapsed, the entire arena erupted in earth-shaking laughter.

Even EDG fans couldn't hold back, because it was just too hilarious.

The commentators kept going "ah?" nonstop—Wang Ji, blunt and direct, blurted out on the spot: "Red Tease Luo"!

In the livestream, the same three characters filled the screen.

But that's not all—the most jaw-dropping part? Right after Ai Luoli died, the male gunner from the level-two invasion, seeing through the wall, witnessed this scene.