Chapter 657: His voice and appearance still linger

In the end, Xia's single hook snatched the kill!!!

Guan Zeyuan paused slightly, took a deep breath, and then shouted in shock:

"This tower‑dive teamfight! Both sides ended up trading two for four!"

"EDG! They were routed!"

"And AHQ's marksman! Xiao An's Xia! In this teamfight they snagged an incredible triple kill!!!"

Afterwards, the LPL broadcast room suddenly fell silent.

Only the cheers picked up by the on‑site audio equipment, streamed over the network to the LPL broadcast room, could be faintly heard by the viewers inside.

By contrast, the silence in the LPL broadcast room seemed deafening.

The barrage had already exploded.

【？？？】

【One touch and it shatters, heh】

【What the heck? Playing a provincial team and getting treated like a bot?!】

【Those who get it know EDG is trash; those who don't still think they're playing SKT】

【I'm done—losing to Samsung the other day was understandable, but losing today to a provincial team's second string? Without the factory director, EDG is completely washed up.】

【I suggest LMS grant AHQ the title 'Civil War Phantom God'—they've consecutively crushed RNG and EDG, unbeatable in domestic clashes!】

【Why is it a civil war?】

【Because the LMS region is a provincial area.】

After a long silence in the LPL broadcast room, Wawa spoke hoarsely: "Two for four on the tower dive… this wave… feels a bit blown up."

"Yes… completely blown up."

"What I didn't expect is that, even though we clearly saw Ai Luoli, AHQ still dared to keep tower‑diving! That's too reckless—hiding their IDs, I thought this was VG!"

"But what surprises me more is that a level‑1 Kalista this strong, paired with a Thresh, hasn't laned at all, and got pushed to the tower by level two! This… I really can't understand, I just can't understand!"

"It's not that they didn't lane; it seems he deliberately let the lane push."

"Huh?!"

Miller looked bewildered, unable to process: "He pushed it himself? Then why pick Kalista? This champion is meant to lane—if he's not laning, why choose it?"

"Maybe he wants to copy VG? Because I recall VG once picked a skate shoes and didn't pressure the lane at level one."

"But that's because VG had tactics and Jiao Shen; what's EDG's tactic? Ai Luoli is pushing from the upper half to the lower, so why would he let the lane push at level one?!"

"Sigh, okay okay, you two, no need to say more—I think this has more to do with the player's personal style. Zet… frankly, he's just not suited for Kalista; his aggression isn't strong!"

After all, as the most senior commentator, Wawa may lack professional knowledge, but sometimes she indeed has a sharper eye, and this comment finally hit the nail on the head.

In the LPL restroom, the faces of the EDG members darkened. They of course also realized the key to being tower‑dove was Zet letting the lane push, and they had already realized this lineup was chosen too presumptuously, overlooking whether the player and champion clashed—too late, though.

After that wave, EDG's bottom lane was completely blown apart, and AHQ's jungler was vicious enough—over the next few minutes they went nowhere else and just kept harassing EDG's bottom lane.

Scout was anxious, but he's just a Snake Girl—he can't do anything.

At 8 minutes, EDG's bottom turret fell, opening a gold lead of over three thousand……

At 11 minutes, EDG refused to believe it, when AHQ swapped their duo to top lane clearly to take the Xia Gu Xian Feng, EDG stubbornly swapped their own duo as well. Then they fought a skirmish in the river; EDG, thanks to better teamfight coordination and player skill, barely managed a two‑for‑two, but in the aftermath AHQ's condition was better—Scout was at extremely low HP, equivalent to EDG missing a player—so AHQ decisively took the Xia Gu Xian Feng……

At 15 minutes, AHQ summoned the Xia Gu Xian Feng in mid lane; the teams clashed before EDG's middle turret, EDG went three‑for‑two, but AHQ then pushed down EDG's middle turret……

At 23 minutes, both sides fought over vision of the Da Long Keng, erupting in a skirmish in the upper river; in the chaos, Xiao An's Xia flashed R‑hook and instantly killed two front‑liners, EDG collapsed, and afterward AHQ took the Baron Nashor……

At 25 minutes, EDG's bottom high ground was breached……

At 28 minutes, EDG's gold deficit broke past ten thousand……

If one were watching a live text broadcast on a forum, these battle reports would absolutely be shocking—downright exaggerated compared to VG showing up to play.

Meanwhile, in the LPL broadcast room, the commentators' words grew ever fewer.

Meanwhile, the cheers of the LMS regional supporters grew louder and louder; as AHQ's advantage increased, the venue boiled over.

At the moment AHQ razed EDG's base just after thirty‑four minutes, the atmosphere peaked—almost every spectator rose to their feet, cheering loudly for AHQ.

The camera cut back to the LPL commentator desk; Wawa's face wrinkled like a bitter melon: "We never imagined… we'd actually lose this… what now, who's going up?"

Miller frowned: "Not good—if EDG loses this game, the situation looks grim; we'll probably have to send in VG, VG should be able to pick up a point, but this is bad news."

Guan Zeyuan clenched his face, saying nothing.

Not long ago, he'd said EDG was eight‑to‑two favored.

……

Backstage, the LPL lounge.

When EDG's crystal exploded, the members of the other three teams instinctively turned their heads to look at the EDG players.

The sight and smile of A Bu when he grabbed the dice and secured the starting spot last night are still vivid in memory.

But right now, the face of this EDG helmsman is already dark with impending storm, his aura like a satchel of explosives—ready to blow at any moment.

Though A Bu has also weathered plenty of storms, he ultimately suppressed the urge to blow up on the spot, merely standing up with a cold face:

"The rest of today's schedule has nothing to do with us EDG—sorry, everyone, we're leaving first."

After uttering those words, A Bu didn't even wait for the EDG folks to return to the lounge before striding out; the others also felt they couldn't stay, so they rose and followed.

EDG just left like that.

The remaining three teams' members stared at each other.

"This…"

The two coaches of RNG and WE glanced at each other, then finally turned together to look toward VG.

In the world of esports, the strong ultimately reign supreme.

EDG has never been the heart of this LPL team; VG is.

Things have come to this point; if VG continued to be a bystander, that would be overdoing it, so Gao Jun stopped pretending nothing had happened and finally stepped up to be this leader:

Time is tight, let's not waste words—let's seriously discuss.