Chapter 650

Holy shit! Awesome!! Marquis awesome!!!

Keep it down, this is a hospital……

We turned it around! Bro! We turned the tide!!

Hmm, awesome.

As Liang Yan had expected, 20 minutes later, VG's situation took a sharp turn for the worse, and the gold gap was once pulled open to nearly six thousand.

Yet no one had expected that a teamfight around thirty minutes later would actually let VG turn the situation around, even achieving a gold lead!

In the Shanghai VG Ji Di, seeing the VG members who had taken the Baron buff retreat to base, Wawa also got excited and yelled "wawa".

"We've turned it around! Everything's turned around! Zitai found the perfect timing to engage this fight!!!"

"I never expected that!"

Guan Zeyuan also wore a look of surprise,

"This fight was actually a huge contribution from Zitai!"

"Actually Sheng Qiang Ge also contributed a lot, and I think the main reason is that Three Star was too careless!"

Miller shouted excitedly,

"Although they really do have a big advantage, VG's sensitivity to Baron is extremely high! Even without Jiao Shen present, their ability to set up vision is not lacking at all! With all five VG members alive, they actually dared to steal Baron—and were instantly sealed off in Da Long Keng by Sheng Qiang Ge's Unending Scorch Burn!"

"Then Zitai engaged with his ultimate invisibility, bringing the ball in, and a shockwave instantly exploded! So satisfying to watch this fight!"

"Indeed satisfying! Hey, don't say it—I feel my blood boiling all over!"

Livestream chat:

【Zitai: Although I'm trash, I can still call upon the gods!】

【Jiao Shen's will protects VG!】

【When Jiao Shen is around, no one dares to touch Baron; when he's not, they dare. Three Star must be regretting it to the point of their intestines turning green—VG's Baron is not to be messed with!】

【A ten-year VG veteran fan got teary-eyed, feeling that even without Jiao Shen, this VG lineup can already stand on its own!】

The ten-year veteran fan is fake, but someone is genuinely teary-eyed.

In the Shanghai VG Ji Di, Lu Wenjun brought a group of people to sit in the resting area and watch the livestream. After VG's beautiful teamfight, the others jumped up and cheered loudly, but Lu Wenjun remained quietly seated on the frontmost sofa, eyes on the big screen on the wall, his eye corners slightly moist.

He also let go of the heavy stone in his heart.

The young man who had accompanied the team to Treasure Island but couldn't play due to illness had brought VG an earth-shaking change, and Lu Wenjun now felt sincere gratitude toward him.

……

After KT's attempt to steal Baron was wiped out by VG, even though their team consisted entirely of seasoned veterans, their morale started to crack.

Subsequently VG advanced with the Baron buff; although they didn't destroy any of KT's outer turrets, they pulled back the turret gap. Now each side only has the last upper second turret standing, and VG, by pushing several towers in a row, gained a lot of gold in one go. In just a few minutes, VG completed a reverse from being six thousand behind to leading by over three thousand.

In terms of morale, as one waned the other waxed; VG grew bolder with each fight, finally recapturing the feeling they had when Liang Yan was present, and began to attack tirelessly.

Even Zeze Tai became steady, no longer panicking or trembling, and they dared to sneak into the enemy jungle whenever they saw an opening.

KT, however, grew more panicked the more they fought, suffering successive setbacks, relying only on high ground to defend, and the gold gap continued to widen……

At 42 minutes, Sima Laozei and Easyhoon both completed their six-item builds, and VG gathered at the upper river, using Baron Nashor to force KT out to engage.

Smeb's Prince found an opening to initiate, focusing the team's effort to try to instantly kill Fu Lan Duo's Rumble.

Objectively speaking, KT's teamfight was actually not bad.

But the shield of the god-tier Zhonya's is unimaginably thick; under Easyhoon's protection, Fu Lan Duo absorbed a full round of focus fire while under crowd control and didn't die, and the moment she broke free she immediately unleashed her ultimate, igniting the flames and then instantly going Zhonya's in place.

A low-health Rumble with Zhonya's stood in their way; before they could finish hesitating, they were hit by Rumble's ultimate plus the flames, dealing tons of damage.

Zeze Tai's Lion Dog again advanced, bringing the ball in.

KT's front line was instantly wiped out.

Then came another pursuit battle; VG achieved a 2-for-4 exchange and won decisively, after which they marched straight in, pushing all the way from Zhong Lu to destroy KT's base.

They had turned the tide.

Even at the moment KT's nexus exploded, Liang Yan was still pondering—given VG's composition, it's the easiest to pull off a miracle teamfight in tight terrain; how could KT dare to take Baron when all VG members were alive?

Did he really think that without him present, VG's vision would be full of holes?

Or perhaps……

Is it because during MSI when facing VG, with him present KT didn't manage to snag a single Baron, feeling frustrated, and now that they see his absence they can't resist trying it?

The more Liang Yan thought about it, the more he felt that this possibility was highly likely.

That was truly beyond expectation—although he hadn't even played, he was still the biggest variable capable of swaying the battle's outcome.

This feeling is really subtle……

"Congratulations to VG! They defeated KT 1-0, also securing a precious point for LPL, giving our LPL an opening win in this Intercontinental Tournament!!"

"Congratulations to VG! This comeback match really boosted morale—I now truly have confidence in LPL's journey in this Intercontinental Tournament!"

"VG really set a good example for the other teams!"

"Yes, and we also hope our other teams can continue VG's momentum, press on, and seize the remaining matches in one go!"

"But having said that……"

Guan Zeyuan shifted the topic and said:

"Don't you feel that LCK's troop deployment unintentionally has a hint of Tian Ji's horse racing strategy—sending their fourth-seed KT to face LPL, only to run straight into our strongest VG, meaning their stronger teams after that would…… right?"

emmm, I actually think there's no need to worry too much; although this match is indeed Fourth Seed versus First Seed, because Jiao Shen fell ill and went to the hospital, VG's First Seed is not at full strength, otherwise it wouldn't have been such a tough fight. So objectively speaking, LCK's strength isn't that far off from our region, and the chances of winning later are still great!

That's also true.

As a result, a lightning-fast face-slap.

Third match, SSG versus EDG, EDG gave it their all but couldn't win, was taken down by SSG just over 30 minutes in; although by the end the kill difference wasn't large, but looking at the whole picture EDG hardly had any chance to fight back—the reason the kill difference wasn't opened up too much is actually because SSG, when they were about to destroy EDG's Ji Di at the end, overdid the fun and pulled off a fountain dive……