Chapter 689

But he still listened to Xiao Huasheng, putting up a hard struggle…… then just that.

He didn't think he could survive; he just feared that waiting to die would make him real to SKT fans.

But the result was without any suspense.

VG's three members all had crowd control abilities, and Piglet and Jax were both thick-skinned brutes; a three-on-one basically didn't need minion waves, just tank the tower with their bodies and rush straight in.

"The encirclement has already tightened, no minion waves but we don't need minion waves! Jiao Shen steps up and starts tanking the tower!"

"Huni's hook tried to flee but was interrupted by Syndra's one-shot knock-up and push, stopping my Heavenly Marquis! What reaction speed!"

"Jax activated Counter Strike Storm and leapt up!"

"Huni used his flash and still tried to escape, but Jiao Shen held him down tight—just after flashing out, Piglet flung him into the air and then hit him with Eternal Freeze Domain, freezing him into a lump of ice!"

"Marquis had just killed Faker, came out at level six, and poured down an Energy Torrent, directly taking Huni's head!!"

"VG's coordination this wave was too beautiful!!"

"Cool, Marquis!!"

"From 0-1 to 2-1 in under three minutes, Easyhoon's Syndra is getting hard to stop!!"

In the live stream room, the barrage rolled like a flood.

【Marquis is awesome!】

【Could VG really be about to beat SKT?】

【Tch~ we already won last year!】

【Last year that was G2... ah if you're referring to Jiao Shen, then never mind】

【Excited heart, trembling hand—I'll first hit pause, then come back in half an hour to watch!】

【Not panicking at all—Jiao Shen has only ever lost in disadvantageous games since his debut, never once been reversed!】

【What was that commentator saying earlier? Easyhoon can't play Syndra?】

【This move, WE predicted the hook would be caught perfectly—I've played over a thousand Syndra games at King rank and only pulled it off once like that, can't do it as effortlessly as Marquis】

【But Jiao Shen probably will have his head taken by Xiao Huasheng】

When Huni fell, Xiao Huasheng had already arrived near the Magic Swamp Frog, seeing Piglet with just over two hundred health exiting the tower and walking toward the Triangular Grass, Xiao Huasheng felt a bit tempted, but Piglet wasn't coming alone—she brought a bodyguard Syndra. Although Piglet with that little health would be killed if knocked up, the problem is Piglet still has flash.

Xiao Huasheng hesitated.

In his mind, he began replaying Firrrrrre's various classic operation highlights……

The more Xiao Huasheng thought, the more he felt the other side might be baiting.

That sneaky guy, appearing carefree, might actually have his index finger hovering over the F key, just waiting for him to walk into the hook.

Xiao Huasheng silently gave up the idea of sniping a kill and turned away.

"Huh?!"

"What?!"

"He left?!"

In the LCK live stream room, the three LCK commentators stared at the game footage, their eyes widening, their voices full of disbelief. They couldn't believe that a full-health Rek'Sai, facing an almost-delivered-low-health Piglet, just walked away!

He didn't even dare to take a kill?!

Yet the fact unfolded before his eyes—Xiao Huasheng retreated all the way to the vicinity of the blue buff camp, ignoring the low-health Piglet, letting her smash an Explosive Fruit and jump into the river to retreat safely.

The LCK live stream room fell into a long silence.

The barrage had already exploded, the screen full of spam, but this wave truly couldn't be washed away.

SKT's internal channel was equally silent.

Xiao Huasheng, who had scared himself, merely felt he had made a correct and wise choice, unaware of how outrageous his actions seemed to others.

Faker let out a short sigh.

It seems the things he said before the match didn't have much positive effect on Xiao Huasheng; the shadow that opponent left on Xiao Huasheng from last year's World Championships is like a tough dogskin plaster, stuck fast in Xiao Huasheng's consciousness, constantly exerting its influence.

Pitiful child……

"Their support has come over—come over and help me push the lane."

Faker didn't utter a word of blame, merely issuing a calm command.

The situation in the bottom lane worsened further due to Titan's roam; Titan was faking a recall, while the enemy duo was genuinely recalling, Titan got beaten down and forced to go home, the enemy support went out first and headed straight to mid lane, helping to block the minion wave before Syndra returned to mid, preventing the wave from reaching the tower, and showing no fear of Faker's intimidation.

Since Syndra was already on her way back to mid, Faker didn't use flash, realizing he couldn't intimidate the enemy's bold support, and didn't dare to truly press forward—otherwise, if he didn't promptly create distance, the enemy could flash in and hook him, with unpredictable consequences.

Unless absolutely necessary, Faker did not want to gamble the outcome of a match with his own mechanics, so he sensibly called Xiao Huasheng over to help.

With Xiao Huasheng's help, Faker finally succeeded in pushing the minion wave into the tower.

But at this moment, Syndra had also returned to mid lane.

Xiao Huasheng had been away from base for quite a while; after helping Faker push the lane, he had to recall, while Faker had just respawned and left base.

After Xiao Huasheng went home, Faker glanced at the lane states top and bottom, realizing that without jungle cooperation he could accomplish nothing, and for a moment he actually had nothing to do.

Such a situation is extremely rare in Faker's career.

Fortunately, this boring spell didn't last long; Faker snapped out of his brief daze, walked out from under the tower, and met the next wave of minions.

Syndra had cleared the last wave and gone back to base; the extra kill gold would give her a significant equipment lead over Faker when she returned to lane. To minimize that gap, Faker intended to quickly push this wave and then recall immediately—even though the interval between recalls would be short, he had enough gold to buy a small item.

However, even this plan came to nothing.

When the two minion waves began to clash, Sivir's silhouette appeared simultaneously at the edge of vision.

Faker stared blankly at the two lanes, then blankly watched the swaggering knight riding a pig, standing behind the red side's ranged minion and flashing a G2 sign, as a hint of anger welled up in his heart.

The support Thresh had already returned to bottom lane, Jax was standing fine in lane, and Syndra was estimated to have just stepped out of the fountain.

With only a level-five Sivir, there was no chance of solo-killing Faker; the enemy's presence here at this moment clearly had only one purpose.

The enemy guessed Faker wanted to recall, so they came just to annoy him, to stop him from pushing the lane and going home, not even letting him buy a small item!

Faker was very angry.

Too much bullying!