Chapter 562: Little Advantage

Easyhoon never imagined that just casually camping like that could actually fool someone; when he took Jayce's head with a single energy burst, Easyhoon felt delighted.

Oh? This can also kill?

Liang Yan, who was cooperating with him, hadn't spoken yet when Xiao Duan jumped in to answer:

That's right, Marquis—listen to Jiao Shen and you'll get meat!

Liang Yan smiled and said nothing.

This time he just casually found a spot to return to base and camp a bit, then let Easyhoon casually cooperate, not really expecting any gain.

But he never expected Pawn to fall for it so easily...

In the KT lounge, the masseur Li saw it and his nose twisted in anger.

What have one or two of them been doing since the start?

Why do we make so many mistakes whenever we play against VG?

Is the pressure really that great!

On the LPL commentary desk, however, the atmosphere became unusually relaxed.

Miller chuckled: "Ten minutes in, the kill score is 1 to 4, VG leads by less than two thousand gold, I think the advantage is small."

Guan Zeyuan said: "Just a small advantage? I think the advantage is quite big. What do you think, Changzhang?"

Changzhang pondered briefly: "Indeed the advantage is quite big. Because VG's composition, with a weak bottom lane, was originally supposed to play defensively early on, only after the bomber reaches level and at least completes the Ghost Book can they try to seize the initiative. But now they already have the initiative—three kills on the mantis basically let it roam freely, and the bomber has smoothly transitioned into its power spike, so VG will be very easy to beat from now on."

Ten minutes passed, and the first blood tower still hadn't been taken.

At this point the outer tower defenses on all three lanes were identical, so pushing any lane was equally difficult; looking at the overall impact, mid lane was clearly the most important, so both sides simultaneously decided to swap their duolanes to mid lane.

In this game, because KT's bottom lane had an Ice Archer, Liang Yan hardly lingered in the lower half of the map, while Gangzi also did well—the jungler never came, and at the ten‑minute mark his creep score was less than ten behind the enemy Deft, showing the defensive play was a great success.

After returning to base and crafting the Ghost Book, Gangzi was no longer lacking mana and began the phase where he only sees the bomb, not the person.

That means Xiao Duan can be freed.

Xiao Duan's roaming awareness isn't strong, but having Liang Yan as a teammate for a season, even if he's not like those supports who seize any tiny opportunity to slip in and roam, he still knows what to do when it's obvious the AD carry doesn't need him to follow.

Without Liang Yan needing to call out, after the duo swapped to mid lane, Xiao Duan first placed a wave of vision nearby, then hurried over to join forces with Liang Yan.

Liang Yan already had a huge lane advantage; with a little follower added, he could truly walk sideways through the canyon.

The two first invaded an F6 camp, then hid in the nearby grass and squatted, waiting for a fated encounter.

Just a few seconds of squatting, the Ice Archer fired an arrow from mid lane toward the red side's upper jungle, hitting no one, and the freshly respawned red buff went unclaimed.

Liang Yan understood the situation—continuing to squat was pointless; the enemy had sensed danger, so Score would surely take a much longer route, possibly even returning home to come down from high ground, and would not walk through those spots cleared of vision by VG's jungle support.

So Liang Yan took Xiao Duan and left, placing a ward at the monster camp where the third red buff was about to respawn, then they both smashed an Explosive Fruit and flew into the dragon pit.

Without further ado they jumped straight into the fight.

Liang Yan's equipment this game was luxurious; by thirteen minutes he already had a tier‑3 jungle knife, sawtooth short dagger, and cooldown reduction boots, his damage was extremely high, he also had self‑heal, and with Fan Mom giving him a shield nearby, taking the dragon basically caused no blood loss.

Liang Yan didn't drag the dragon out to fight; moreover, he deliberately positioned himself near the bottom of the dragon pit—what he intended to do goes without saying.

——The Ice Archer had already used his E skill; for KT to check the situation inside the dragon pit, they had to come and place a ward. Since vision along the lower river was completely controlled by VG, KT dared not come directly, so they could only place a ward from behind the dragon pit wall. With Liang Yan's current gear, if anyone came, it would be an opportunity.

Liang Yan dealt damage while keeping an eye on the movements of KT personnel on the three lanes.

Whenever anyone from KT disappeared from a lane, Liang Yan would silently count seconds, estimating their position by calculating their movement speed.

As expected, KT soon realized VG was stealing the dragon; when the dragon's HP dropped to just over two thousand, someone suddenly placed a ward from behind the wall.

Liang Yan, upon seeing the fake ward, leapt up without hesitation.

The positions of KT's three core players were clear.

Lanbo was still farming top lane eight seconds ago; even if he had recalled and used TP the moment he disappeared, he still wouldn't have arrived yet.

Jayce was last‑hitting under the next turret, being stared down by Easyhoon.

The Ice Archer had left mid lane three seconds ago; at most he had only reached the small path behind the F6 camp, still some distance away.

So the person who placed that ward must be either Jinx or the Male Gun.

Anyway, there are at most two people here.

Liang Yan figured he might still lose a 1v2, Jinx's ultimate is still annoying, but Liang Yan also has backup.

The moment he flew over the wall, Liang Yan gained vision behind it.

Indeed, there were two people there.

But their positioning wasn't tight.

Moreover, Liang Yan was lucky—the landing point of his E happened to land right on the head of Jinx, who had just placed the ward; he reacted extremely fast, pulling off an E‑W‑Q combo to snatch her scalp mid‑air.

Jinx's half‑bar of health vanished instantly.

Liang Yan landed and immediately unleashed his ultimate—stealth and speed let him twist away from the vine rolling in face‑first, rejecting Jinx's certain play invitation, he dodged the smoke grenade launched by Score's Male Gun, then turned back and swiped at Jinx again.

Mata was low on health, flashed and ran away, then turned back and unleashed his ultimate; Liang Yan, with Xiao Duan, accelerated using the shield from beyond the wall, snatched a claw to take Mata's head, stood at the edge of Jinx's ultimate waiting for its effect to fade, then turned and charged toward Score.

My goodness!!

Guan Zeyuan stared wide‑eyed and shouted frantically,

What damage!!

He just killed him!!

After killing Mata he still wants to keep killing! The claws point at the isolated, helpless Score! What do we say about Score! —should we stall for teammates or go head‑on?

At that moment, a phrase popped into Score's mind out of the blue:

Are you going to be brave for a second, or a coward for life?

Score's mind heated up, and all he saw was the Male Gun cocking his double‑barreled shotgun with a shout, sliding into the dragon pit, then firing a 'Desperate Blast' at the baby fire dragon whose aggro had been taken over by Xiao Duan's Fan Mom.

This maneuver left even Liang Yan dazed.