Chapter 716

Under Liang Yan's direction, Zitai moved in early, seizing the timing of Rookie's dribble last-hit and stepped on with a Shade Step.

Rookie reacted quickly, pulling the ball back onto himself to shield himself from damage, then used Q to dribble the ball to the starting point where Elise's W had landed, threatening Elise's return point.

Zitai didn't dare to use the second stage of W to retreat, and was forced to trade auto-attacks with Rookie.

Elise using basic attacks against the turret is obviously a loss; Zitai countered while retreating, Rookie moved forward and auto-attacked, and the Spirit Ball continued to press Elise's Shade Step return point until the skill's cast time expired and went on cooldown.

Elise was forced down to below half health by the turret's auto-attacks.

At this moment, Rookie decided to kill, again dribbled and launched an attack.

Ning suddenly felt a sense of alarm for no reason, left the tower's base and rushed forward.

Just then, the blond kid jumped out of the fog again without warning and slammed into Rookie's face.

Thanks to the experience of being scared last time, Rookie improved a lot this time; although he was still quite scared, at least he didn't fling his mouse.

"I grass feed! Brother, how are you here again? I really admire you, oh dear."

Rookie complained while hurriedly running back, and Ning's Kai'Sa was quickly running up from under the tower.

"Can kill!"

In VG's team voice channel, Liang Yan shouted calmly and quickly.

Zezetai, without any hesitation, even though his W skill Shade Step was still on cooldown, directly flashed with E and collided into the turret's rear.

A chain flew from the tricky Elise's hand and wrapped around the turret's slender waist.

"Zitai is too decisive! He directly flashed and the chain bound Rookie!"

"Oh no! Rookie's flash is still on cooldown!"

"This time he probably can't escape!"

Rookie realized he probably couldn't escape this wave, was decisive, turned around to counterattack, and at the same time communicated over the mic with Ning:

"Don't run, don't run! Sell me, sell me! Swap, swap!"

The next moment, Ning's Kai'Sa flashed up from behind Rookie.

As everyone knows, whenever Riot releases a new champion, its stats are initially overpowered when first released, and the reason Kai'Sa can appear on the stage is mainly because his jungle clear speed is high, and the underlying reason for his high jungle clear speed is his high skill values.

Even without transforming, Kai'Sa's damage is still quite high.

Ning flashed in with a W then Q, the big scythe swung and delivered another basic attack, cleanly killing Zezetai.

Seeing Zezetai die quickly, Rookie thought he could survive and wildly moved to seek Ning's cover to block skills and escape.

But while Rookie was chasing and attacking Zed, he also took a lot of damage from Ahri's counter‑attack and minion focus fire; by the time Liang Yan jumped out he was around half health, and after taking Ahri's half combo and Ezreal's full combo he was nearly dead. While Ning was busy taking Zed's kill, Liang Yan stepped forward two steps, auto‑attacked then used W, and just as cleanly took Rookie's kill.

"One for one! Ning's counter‑gank this wave was really nice!"

"On the contrary, this was IG's first blood, so VG didn't profit this wave; it looks like they actually lost a bit!"

"Indeed they lost it; Zed couldn't get any of this wave's minions at all..."

Lost?

Impossible!

After killing someone, Liang Yan didn't rush to clear the lane; instead he kept chasing Ning's Kai'Sa and hitting her nonstop.

Kai'Sa is a champion who relies entirely on her abilities; right now all her skills are on cooldown, she has no means to keep fighting against Ezreal whose passive is fully stacked, so she can only be chased away.

Liang Yan chased her all the way until Ning retreated under the tower, then he turned back.

In that short distance of less than two thousand yards, Ning took two Q's from Liang Yan plus five auto‑attacks, and her health dropped straight to low!

"Hiss!"

Wawa sucked in a breath of cold air,

"Jiao Shen is so fierce! Although we can't kill him, he looks kinda scary!"

Rita's gaze swept over the mini‑map and she said solemnly: "The good news is the second‑wave buff hasn't respawned yet, so Ning still has time to go back and recover. The bad news is that the freshly spawned F6 and the two river crabs are likely to fall into Jiao Shen's pocket, and Ning also has to wait for Jiao Shen to push the lane and clear this wave before he can return; otherwise, if he ignores this wave, losing it to the turret isn't the main problem—it will mainly mess up the next wave's minion clash, which is very bad for Rookie."

"Exactly, so Ning's recall will be much later, and before Ezreal pushes the lane over he can only stand idle under the turret's protection, which likewise hurts the tempo, while Kai'Sa herself is a champion who heavily depends on jungle‑clear timing."

"Right, this will scramble the timing of his next jungle monster respawns, and the fragmented respawn schedule will further disrupt his workflow."

Wang Duo Duo and Rita played off each other smoothly; although it was their first time co‑commentating, they coordinated remarkably well. This made Wawa feel like an outsider, but the veteran commentator's experience left him unembarrassed; instead he joked openly: "You two teachers are so professional—I'll just be a quiet flower pot."

But given his looks and physique, no matter how you look at it he can't be called a flower pot; he's more like a water tank……

As expected, after Liang Yan pushed the lane over, he fired a Mystic Shot straight into the red side's F6 camp shrouded in mist, then immediately used Arcane Shift to jump in, completely treating Ning's territory as his own jungle.

Such arrogant behavior made Ning feel tense, but he could do nothing except huddle under the tower and meekly clear the lane.

After clearing the lane, Ning immediately activated his E skill Shadow Step to go through the turret, healed a bit, then stood behind the turret base and pressed recall.

Kai'Sa still had a little over four hundred health, and as everyone knows Ezreal's burst is only average; besides, the enemy hasn't hit level six yet, so Ning isn't afraid of being jumped on from the F6 camp and killed—he just needs to avoid getting interrupted by Ezreal's blind Q during his recall.

When Ning's recall timer had only two seconds left, Ezreal dropped a ward over the wall. Ning wasn't browsing Taobao, so he naturally saw it, but he remained unmoved and kept recalling, knowing that although Ezreal's range is long, it's not that extreme—no way could he Q Ning from the other side of the wall; placing that ward was probably just meant to scare him.

Ning felt he had perfectly embodied what it means to be bold yet careful, and a surge of pride welled up in his heart.

But just the next moment……

Whoosh!!

A golden energy barrage flew from behind the wall!!