Chapter 696: Someone laid a knife?

The match continued, but it had already lost its suspense.

One wave, mid lane went 1-for-4 and kept taking down two towers, leaving everyone on VG's side except Sima Laozei, who didn't fight directly, filthy rich, and the team's economic gap instantly widened to an unacceptable degree.

Then, in less than ten minutes, SKT's six outer towers were all taken down by Jax and Syndra.

Even the mid lane high ground tower was knocked down by Sima Laozei, who regretted not joining the team fight and wanted to steal credit, leaving only a bare crystal.

For SKT, the current situation made lane pressure secondary; the most painful part was the disadvantage in vision.

Outside the high ground, pitch black!

Xiao Huasheng hadn't seen his own jungle monsters for over two minutes!

"I can't get out, I really can't get out!"

In the LPL broadcast room, Miller's voice could barely contain his excitement.

"It's so painful..." Chang Mao put himself in the SKT player's perspective, let out a soft sigh, his tone trembling: "Below the high ground it's pitch black, you can't see your hand in front of your face, making you feel like you'll run into something horrifying the moment you step out, simply terrifying."

Guan Zeyuan watched Faker, head down, rushing to clear lanes in the match footage, his eyes deep, voice calm: "It looks a bit heartbreaking; Faker is still trying his best, but it feels…… Da Mo Wang really has no other option, since Azir itself is a champion that can only win advantageous games, at least it should be even; in such an ultimate disadvantage with zero vision outside, Azir's ultimate has practically become a decoration, because he dare not cast it—once he does, he'll be caught, which is tantamount to naturally lacking a skill."

Miller chuckled: "But I think the hardest part is still Xiao Huasheng..."

Guan Zeyuan hesitated for a while, making people think he was going to give Xiao Huasheng some face, but unexpectedly he ended up saying: "All I can say is…… this is Xiao Huasheng's own choice."

"Huh?"

Chang Mao and Miller both didn't understand what Guan Zeyuan meant.

The G2 members watching the Chinese livestream from far away at the Europe Training Base instantly got it, each bursting into laughter.

"How dare they show their hand in front of this guy, treating him like a herbivore."

"Anyone who thinks Liang doesn't hold a grudge is totally wrong, hahaha."

"Speaking of which…… Wen Xi, you scolded him before."

"I-I-I didn't, you're talking nonsense!"

"There's audio proof—you yelled at someone that day after losing your cool."

"I-I-I, it wasn't me!"

"It's you!"

"So can I still apologize to him now?"

"No hope—you'd better run quick, before the S7 World Championship kicks off."

"No way! I still want to win another championship!"

Wen Xi finished shouting, and everyone suddenly fell silent.

The atmosphere in the training room turned a bit weird.

"What... what's going on?"

Wen Xi looked completely bewildered.

Perkz looked worried, gazing at Wen Xi: "Wen Xi, this kind of talk should come from me; you say it lacks flavor."

Actually, after the Mid-Season Invitational, everyone understood.

——That guy is too scary!

But should we give up the belief of winning the championship just like that?

But Perkz would never agree!

"Speaking of coach," Mi Xi suddenly glanced at the seat in the corner.

"Huh?" Tang Anna, who was fully focused on the match and had zero interest in everyone's joking, turned her head in confusion.

Mi Xi chuckled: "How far have you and Liang progressed? Could you pull a beauty trap at the right time?"

Tang Anna blinked a few times, expressionlessly turned her head back to keep watching the match, and after a while said: "You're overthinking it; he's a straight-as-steel guy, he doesn't go for this…… Oh, it's about to end."

Just as the words fell, Zhu Mei, who was crouching in the niche position, suddenly sprang from the shadows with an elegant, precise flick shot; a huge ice chunk smashed into Bang's Jinx, freezing him into a lump of clear, sparkling ice.

This was a wave where VG actively initiated a Baron forced teamfight.

The squishy Jinx who had Flash but didn't get to press it in time ate this ultimate and died beyond death.

At just over twenty-six minutes, VG's several well-developed players each had a three-item build, especially Zhu Mei with Plated Steelcaps, Molten Wild Blade, Energized, and Randuins in hand, making her absurdly tanky.

Miller shouted excitedly: "Saying Zhu Mei being fat is useless—those who say that have never been shoved by a huge fat Zhu Mei, otherwise they'd never say such a thing!"

Liang Yan threw his ultimate and then shoved toward where the enemy was crowded, lacking skill; aside from the engage flick shot, there was no flashy play—just raw stats, making him unstoppable.

Once Jinx died, no one could handle Zhu Mei.

Besides, no one would come to fight him anyway.

Compared to that, focusing fire on him would be a total waste, even though at this point SKT wouldn't matter who they picked as the primary target.

Because VG's mid and top were also nearly invincible.

Easyhoon's Syndra, with three and a half items at twenty-six minutes and even popping pills, had explosive damage—needless to say—while Fu Lan Duo, with a jumping slash, dove into the enemy crowd and began wildly dancing.

"Can't kill them! Not even Jax can die! This SKT lineup really lacks damage!"

"Jax with Trinity Force and Energized, plus he picked up a Vampiric Scepter—once Jinx dies he becomes untouchable..."

"Faker's full combo of Shatter Shot doesn't even lose him health, and he still absorbs more than he deals!"

"So scary—Sheng Qiang Ge's Jax feels like it'll become a permanent ban pick from now on!"

"Huh? Are there enough ban slots?"

The one-sided crushing teamfight made Guan Zeyuan too lazy to call out the plays; he and the two commentators just chatted, leisurely watching the fight with the audience in pure appreciation.

"Sheng Qiang Ge's dancing is still dancing, but it feels like his luck is off this game—even though his damage is off the charts, he keeps failing to get kills—what's going on?"

"Yeah, now that you mention it, I've noticed too—it feels like every time VG teams up, who knows why, Sheng Qiang Ge just can't seem to snag a kill!"

Well, the kills always end up in Easyhoon's hands.

For example, in this wave, Syndra snagged a quadra kill, almost a penta!

Even Easyhoon felt bewildered; he constantly felt something was off, as if someone had deliberately fed him kills—he was just doing normal damage output, yet the kills kept pouring in.

Of course, nobody would dislike his good record.

Even the modest and steady Easyhoon, at the moment the match ended, seeing his KDA that topped everyone on the scoreboard, couldn't help but flash a brilliant smile.

Moreover, he also got psychological pep talks from his teammates.

These guys are just too good at this...