Chapter 620

The air wall disappeared, the camera slowly lifted, following Mang Seng all the way away from Quan Shui.

The danmaku remained bustling.

On the commentator's desk, Wawa chuckled and remarked:

«The director's camera work isn't great, but this skin is really cool. »

«A champion skin, how could it not be cool? »

«Wearing one's own champion skin while competing feels like the ultimate dream of every League of Legends pro player…»

«Yes, I also want to remind viewers here: summoners who haven't yet gotten this S6 World Championship skin set should hurry, because the store now has a new‑arrival event with discounts on the skin, and after this period there will be no more discounts. »

Wang Ji suddenly asked curiously: «By the way, how many sets do you two teachers think this skin will ultimately sell? I mean before the event ends. »

Wawa's eyes lit up, and she immediately replied: «I think, eight or nine out of ten! »

Wang Ji didn't react in time: «Huh? »

Still, Miller, his old partner who knows him best, chuckled and said: «He means eight or nine out of ten players will buy it. »

«Oh… that sounds kinda scary. »

«Yes, even just the Chinese server has already broken a million sets, the European server is likely even more exaggerated, mainly because Jiao Shen has more fans there, and Europeans are wealthier. »

«Hiss—»

One skin lasts a lifetime!

Wang Ji was shocked beyond belief, but he didn't dare say those words out loud.

Wawa, however, understood the meaning behind Wang Ji's sharp intake of breath, gave a fake cough, and brought the topic back to the match:

「Alright, less chit‑chat, the battle has begun! Let's see how both sides start off……」

At the start, there was no level‑1 team fight, and both sides took normal defensive positions.

After one and a half minutes, the minions in all three lanes began to clash.

At the start, EDG's top laner Mouse, playing Wine Barrel, took a defensive position near the Blue Buff camp in the blue side's Shang Ban Qu; when the top‑lane minions were about to clash, he walked toward the river, intending to take a shortcut back to lane to farm, but as he reached the river mouth, he was hit a few times by the Kai Nan hiding in the brush.

「Oh no, top laner A Guang can't get back—he's been pinned in place by Sheng Qiang Ge! 」

「Fortunately Sheng Qiang Ge went out with a Doran's Shield rather than a Doran's Blade, otherwise those few hits would have hurt even more! 」

「Um, why would you get a Doran's Shield? 」

「It's simple: laning against Wine Barrel, which has insane built‑in sustain, if you don't have the confidence to crush him outright, buying a Doran's Blade is a loss. Because AD Kai Nan has been nerfed this patch, you need to switch to AP items; a Doran's Blade might give a slight early edge, but after level 6 it's far less useful than a Doran's Shield. 」

「I see……」

Mouse lost over a hundred HP, pretended to turn and retreat via the Ye Qu, but after seeing Kai Nan swing in to last‑hit, he turned back and insisted on returning via the river mouth.

Fu Lan Duo certainly wouldn't let him return that easily; she again blocked the river mouth and hit him a few times. Mouse, relying on his tankiness and sustain, forced his way back, ending up top lane after losing over three hundred HP.

Of course, Kai Nan wasn't unscathed either—Wine Barrel's Q plus focused fire from the blue side's rear minions knocked him down to about half his health.

But that exchange clearly favored Kai Nan.

「A Guang finally made it back, but he lost the XP from two front‑line minions, feels like a loss, he's low on HP and doesn't dare last‑hit. 」

「I think EDG must have anticipated this situation—after all, you gave them Kai Nan and then picked a Wine Barrel‑type champion; the original plan was probably to let the top lane absorb pressure. 」

「Yeah, it's not a big problem—he's literally just a pressure‑soaking tool……」

「Hey?! 」

Wawa let out a soft gasp, her eyes widening slightly.

On the big screen, the director's camera cut to the red side's jungler, Mang Seng, surrounded by a blue circle indicating he had just hit level 2. After clearing his Blue Buff, instead of going for the nearby Magic Swamp Frog, he ran via the river toward Zhong Lu!

「Is Jiao Shen going for a Second Level Mid Grab? 」

「Huh? No, a Mang Seng that started with Blue Buff doing a Second Level Mid Grab?! What kind of trick is this, my Jiao Shen」

The camera suddenly switched from Mang Seng to Zhong Lu.

「Hey, wait—looks like there's an opportunity, mid lane's fighting! 」

「Huh, is Zitai really playing that aggressively? 」

In the frame, Zzitai's Clockwork is about to finish pushing the second minion wave.

When the camera swung over, the Clockwork had just taken a Void Sphere from Scout's Ka Sa Ding, dropping its health below half.

But Scout didn't gain anything; the Clockwork retaliated with a 【Command: Attack】, smashing the ball and detonating it. Although the Void Sphere had given Ka Sa Ding a purple shield that blocks magic damage, the Clockwork's two abilities still took more of his health.

Moreover, the Clockwork's retaliation didn't stop; after those two abilities, she popped a potion and began chasing, and Ka Sa Ding only escaped her auto‑attack range after taking two basic attacks.

You know, if you hide the player IDs, this Clockwork play is incredibly smooth—it even feels a bit like Faker's Clockwork. And keep in mind, Faker is the world's top Clockwork player; even the S6 mid‑lane champion Perkz would only dare claim second place.

Ka Sa Ding is a short‑range champion, so Scout couldn't fight back and had to retreat all the way.

Only after Ka Sa Ding fled under the turret did the Clockwork stop chasing, turn around, and finish clearing the two remaining ranged minions of the second wave.

Scout stood silently at the turret, popping potions, waiting for the Clockwork to push the lane back to him.

But deep down he felt something was off.

Zzitai's strong counter‑attack showed fierce aggression, leaving Scout thoroughly surprised. Because this Clockwork's laning style is nothing like the lazy old mid‑laner Liu Zhihau that Scout remembers—its offensive drive is excessively strong!

(Ps: IDs consisting of letters and numbers are too much trouble to type, so from now on I'll use this.)

Why did this change happen?

What kind of magic does this VG team possess……?

Scout couldn't understand it, because he had never experienced a match where, from the very start, his own jungler promised, "Go wild in mid lane—I'll keep an eye on the enemy jungler."

Especially when that promise comes from the World's No. 1 Jungler, who has swept every tournament title since his debut, even a dog in mid lane would apparently dare to bark at a tiger.

Furthermore, Zzitai has been determined from the moment he stepped onto the stage not to hold his team back; he knows full well that if he backs down now, his future chances to appear will likely……

The director's camera cut back to Mang Seng once again.

Liang Yan turned his head and returned to the Ye Qu.