Chapter 624: Jiao Shen tells you what to do—no need to think

However, speaking of which——

On the commentator's desk, Wawa suddenly smiled and shifted the topic:

In less than five minutes into the game, Jiao Shen actually died twice—has this ever happened before?

The two beside him were stunned.

Huh? Seems like it!

We can drop the 'seems'; at least since the S6 World Championship, I've never seen such a scene.

Hahaha, so from this point, Ai Luoli could be considered…… uh, what's the word, I can't find an adjective to describe!

Did he die deservedly?

That doesn't seem right……

Then…… even in defeat, glorious?

What you're saying, EDG has no economic disadvantage, and they're 2-0 while Jiao Shen is 0-2—how can that be called 'glorious even in defeat'?

Um…… it's indeed hard to describe.

Recalling, he hesitated before speaking: 'I think we could say it's… dying with value? After all, he did achieve an accomplishment.'

Then isn't that dying deservedly?

Eh heh heh……

In VG's voice channel, Zitai was apologizing sheepishly:

Sorry sorry! This one's on me!

Liang Yan's death was indeed Zzitai's fault, because when Liang Yan told him to sprint, he hesitated—although only for less than a second.

If Zzitai hadn't hesitated, but instead sprinted at the moment Liang Yan gave the command, he could have shielded Liang Yan in time, and Liang Yan wouldn't have died.

Liang Yan calmly said it was fine, giving no hint of whether he had any objections.

Fu Lan Duo was quick-witted, immediately chuckling: 'Liu Zhihao, you've gotten yourself into big trouble, let me tell you—from now on that spot by the water dispenser is yours.'

Zzitai was already rather embarrassed, but hearing this he got so startled he forgot his embarrassment: 'Huh?'

Xiao Duan chimed in: 'Don't listen to Qiang Ge's nonsense, Zhihao Ge, listen to me—from now on when Jiao Shen tells you to do something, don't overthink, just act! Think about why after you act; that's how I am, I guarantee you won't lose out.'

Sima Laozei: 'Hmm.'

Zzitai quickly nodded repeatedly, like a chick pecking at grain: 'Okay, okay, okay!'

Liang Yan then laughed and said: 'You have a big double-buff advantage, just press hard on him—I'll watch the jungle.'

Zzitai felt both ashamed and moved, a little embarrassed: 'Okay, Jiao Shen, I'll definitely land all my skill shots on him!'

Everyone burst out laughing.

Liang Yan, however, felt something odd: isn't it still early? How does this guy already seem to have a bit of that flashy, abstract streamer vibe?

On EDG's side, the atmosphere suddenly grew a bit quiet.

Even Mouse's expression looked a bit stiff.

He came to assist, ended up with an assist, but was chased into the river, while Fu Lan Duo's Kennen, upon seeing the blind monk die, immediately turned back to lane, firmly controlling the minion wave—his positioning clearly aimed to block the river mouth and stop Mouse from returning to lane.

With the jungler dead, no one could escort Mouse back; he could only go home, finish buying items, then TP out—otherwise, if he dared to force his way in, at least Kennen would flash him……

Mouse is an honest guy, simply going home to TP—but Mouse's stiff expression isn't because of that.

A couple of waves on top lane are trivial; the real impact comes later.

The Rift Herald is about to spawn.

That's why the EDG team channel suddenly fell silent.

The barrel was recalling after losing lane, while Kennen could push the lane with no pressure and then teleport back; level advantage need not be mentioned—the key is that in a short time the top lane duel's equipment gap will become huge, because Kennen has eaten several more waves, while the barrel, having no teleport, cannot return home before the Rift Herald respawns.

As for mid lane, everyone knows what it's like when a double-buffed Orianna gets a kill on Kassadin; moreover, the blue buff greatly enhances Orianna's wave clear, so she can even go home once more before the Rift Herald respawns.

As for bottom lane, with the new patch just released, including EDG, the vast majority of LPL teams haven't even considered letting bottom lane participate in the Rift Herald contest, reserving enough lead time to manage the minion wave and then have the support or duo directly assist the upper half—this is still too ahead of its time for today's LPL.

The only lane with a positional advantage is jungle. But it's useless, because everyone knows whether you can affect the Rift Herald isn't decided by the jungler!

So, a clear fact facing EDG is——

Objectively, EDG has already lost the qualification to contest the Rift Herald with VG.

This is the first Rift Herald in the new LPL patch; once it falls into the hands of the most advanced-playing VG, what chain reaction it will trigger, nobody knows.

As time passes, the distance to the Rift Herald's spawn grows nearer, and EDG's unease piles up.

The economic gap is only a few hundred bucks, but the pressure is so great it makes them feel suffocated.

Great pressure makes mistakes easy.

Around seven minutes in, Scout placed a ward in the red side's F6 brush.

Not long after, Ai Luoli, having cleared her jungle with nothing to do, watched the red side's F6 group stay idle and felt a bit tempted.

Following that, he thought: I got two kills but still haven't done anything, instead I gave the enemy Orianna a double buff, making our mid lane suffer—the chat is probably already exploding.

Ai Luoli felt anxious, wanting to act but afraid of being caught or flamed.

After thinking it over, she finally gritted her teeth, feeling her level and gear were ahead of the blind monk, so taking a big monster and rushing should be fine……

Desire not matching action, Ai Luoli sneaked furtively into the red side's jungle, cautiously placing a ward in the F6 brush before starting to act.

The result: just as she leapt from the brush onto the big bird, a sudden light wave flew from mid lane over the wall and struck Ai Luoli squarely.

At that moment, both of them were a bit dazed.

Liang Yan had been crouching behind the bottom lane duo for a while; the enemy played very cautiously, Liang Yan found no chance to engage, so he returned to the jungle to clear camps, finished the three wolves and headed up, planning to continue clearing F6—naturally taking the shortest route, after reaching the middle tower he flew out a Heavenly Sound Wave toward F6, aiming at the big bird's position.

Who would have thought, the skill shot actually hooked a lion dog……

Quite a coincidence, huh?

Liang Yan immediately pinged, simultaneously telling the team voice channel to check mid lane, then directly followed up with a second-stage Q kick.

The lesson was right before his eyes; this time Zzitai's support was swift, the two low-health ranged minions were abandoned, and he turned and ran straight for the river.

Scout glanced at the huge wave of lines ahead, then silently signaled a retreat.

It means let Ai Luoli fend for herself.