Chapter 67: All‑Round Bloom

The third time encountering the river crab, Liang Yan finally bothered to take the time to kill it.

——Because he bought Boots of Speed, his movement efficiency increased, so the third wave of jungle monsters in the enemy's upper Ye Qu only spawned after he ate the river crab.

After killing two jungle camps, Liang Yan returned to Xia Lu.

A level 5 Centaur huddled under the tower, trembling.

"Don't save skills, push the lane in and kill him directly."

Liang Yan said, marking the Centaur's head with an attack ping.

Lao Zhang quickly used his skills to clear the minion wave, pushing it under the tower and denying the Centaur a chance to gain experience and reach level 6; 【Constant Temperature Scorch】 was then unleashed, instantly setting Xia Lu ablaze as a flame-encircled burning path blocked the Centaur's escape route.

Odoamne activated Swiftness and tried his best to survive, but still couldn't stay alive.

Liang Yan took his second kill.

He emerged with a relaxed ease.

On his third return to base, he finally crafted a tier‑2 jungle knife; two Chang Jian barely held up his attack damage as he headed out downward.

When he reached the five‑way intersection, Thresh's mark appeared again in the center of the river, though this time it was on the downstream river crab, because the altar on the upstream river side had not yet disappeared.

At the same moment, Thresh emerged from the Xia Lu river entrance.

Zven and Mithy took advantage of the enemy duo recalling, quickly pushed the minion wave forward, and thanks to their gradually accumulated manpower advantage, had already pushed the lane past the river.

So Jankos appeared from behind them.

Liang Yan also realized the Xia Lu minion wave was about to appear, so he rushed over to counter‑jungle.

Jankos appeared a few seconds earlier than expected; Liang Yan had thought he would finish consuming the mark before coming to gank.

But it was no big problem.

"Lu Ka, block the path!"

Liang Yan knew AP was surely also watching Xia Lu, and he shouted into the microphone.

At that moment, the enemy's three jungle members had not yet completed their encirclement; the H2K duo that had just recalled and left base had only just reached the tower, and moreover a big wave of minions blocked the path in front of the G2 duo.

"You don't need to say it!"

Before his words even faded, the roar of the cannon echoed across the whole canyon!

Boom boom boom boom!

A massive bombardment zone appeared in front of the H2K duo, shells raining down like hail from the sky, blasting the Xia Lu ground into craters.

Jankos, from his vision ward in the red side's jungle, spotted the marksman's trail and also shouted orders over the H2K team voice channel:

"Don't worry about the captain's ultimate! Charge straight in! The marksman is coming!"

The shot‑caller spoke, and the H2K duo could only grit their teeth and push forward, but their luck was terrible—the originally random bombardment shells, as if guided by laser, locked onto them as soon as they entered the zone——

They had barely gone halfway when they each lost nearly half their health.

Seeing this, there was no need for Liang Yan to warn; Zven and Mithy, who had been hiding in the side brush preparing to flee, immediately turned and charged forward.

Xia Lu battlefield situation

The 【Cannon Barrage】 bombardment had not yet ended.

With a clang, Mithy's Blitzcrank used 【Step Forward】 to leap onto his own minion, threw a 【Winter's Bite】 at Bard, and raised his huge shield in front of him.

Lucian burst out from behind Blitzcrank.

"Zven got in! WQAA instantly executed the squishy Bard! VandeR flashed and exhausted before dying, but still paid a heavy price for his recklessness!

"The support is dead, but Freeze can't turn back! Behind him, the 【Cannon Barrage】's fire scours the ground! He can only charge forward, trying to meet up with Jankos's Thresh!

"Jankos leapt in with 【Dancing Arrow】 to deal damage! Zven instantly flashed to create distance! While escaping the wolf spirit's hunting range, he also dodged Freeze's returning boomerang! The two ADCs began trading auto‑attacks up close! Before Freeze could walk out of the bombardment zone, he took another cannon shot! This is nothing short of when it rains, it pours! Freeze's luck was terrible—just after changing his gear and heading out, he still couldn't match Lucian!

"His health was low! Freeze had to use Heal and Flash to get near Jankos, but the Grievous Wound from Blitzcrank's Ignite on him hardly restored any health!!

"Zven healed himself and Mithy a bit, then started to dodge behind Blitzcrank! Jankos forcefully went around Blitzcrank to damage the low‑health Zven!

"However, Jankos's development is truly awful—his Thresh hasn't even stacked a single mark, severely limiting his damage output! Two basic attacks failed to kill Zven; instead, Blitzcrank punched him unconscious and he also took minion focus fire!

"Zven slid back!

"E‑tap, Q‑tap!

"Jankos fired an arrow on the brink of death!

"He's not dead! Zven's still not dead! He leveled up! My goodness! G2 is enjoying Jesus's blessing—no one has died yet!

"But Freeze is likewise doomed! Firrrrrre has already come from the river! In a dire situation, his only option is to charge forward and try to trade with Zven!

"But Zven isn't trading with him! 【Holy Spear Baptism】 rat‑tat‑tat……

"CLEAN!!!

"Amasterclass!!!

"Zven's performance in this fight was incredibly slick!!

"He's DIFFING the lane!! The AD kid from North America got schooled proper by Europe's top AD!!

"What a GOD! Zven's this‑play performance is straight‑up like Uzi possessed! So top!

"But wait... how does he only have one head?"

"Huh?"

PiraTechnics heard that and immediately looked at the scoreboard.

As expected, Lucian's record is 1‑0‑2, and Blitzcrank's is the same 1‑0‑2……

Ah this...

The two fell silent for two seconds, then finally noticed the highlight——

AP's record is 1‑1‑1.

"Jeez! Turns out VandeR's Bard was killed by the captain's explosion! Jankos was probably burned to death by Blitzcrank's Ignite! Zven only got the final kill on Freeze!

"Nice one, Perkz! Snagged a kill without a word!

Zven didn't say anything, but instead laughed happily.

He at least got two assists.

Liang Yan didn't even get an assist.

But Liang Yan's run wasn't in vain; if he hadn't come, H2K would have lost the pressure from behind, and the outcome would probably have been another ending.

After the teammates' celebrations gradually died down, Liang Yan smiled and said:

"Played beautifully, brothers!"

Just as his voice fell, Top Lane suddenly reported that Rumble had solo-killed Hecarim.

"So cool, brothers!"

Liang Yan exclaimed in surprise and delight.

Lao Zhang chuckled embarrassedly, rubbed his nose, and said:

"Everyone played well; if I don't step up, I'll fade into obscurity."

"That's fine; Rumble should play like that."

After the Xia Lu fight settled, Liang Yan rushed to Zhong Lu with his gun, teaming up with AP to block Viktor, who had come to reinforce Yue Lun, in the river.

Yue Lun also acted decisively, dropping Gravity Field to briefly hinder the approaching captain before charging straight into the Dragon Pit; reaching the wall, he immediately flashed to escape into the Ye Qu.

But Liang Yan had no intention of letting him escape; he predicted the Flash landing point with a Smoke Bomb, then used Quick Draw to follow him through the wall.