Chapter 717: Too damn six!

The director was very mischievous, deliberately switching the view to IG perspective, aiming the camera at the Red Side's F6 base shrouded in mist.

But a sound of some power charging up came out, broadcast by the PA so everyone on site could hear; veteran players, upon hearing this skill's casting sound effect, automatically imagined the scene of the blond-haired guy pulling it out.

"What?!!!"

Wang Duo Duo shouted in shock,

"My God, Jiao Shen actually reached level six!!"

The director switched back to the dual perspective; in the exact center of the screen, a huge golden barrage shot straight out of Ezreal's hand.

But from Ning's perspective, what he saw was the blond kid and the barrage almost simultaneously jumping out from behind the wall!!

"Ning didn't dodge! His Q skill was already used while clearing the line!!"

"I'm about to be insta-killed!!"

Whoosh!!

Before the Mystic Shot projectile even arrived, Kai'Sa, hit by one large and one small golden barrage, collapsed!

"He really got insta-killed!!"

"Wow!!"

Ning stood frozen on the spot, his eye movements stiff like a robot's, slowly shifting to the numbers displaying the game time.

06:13... 06:14... 06:15......

Just past six minutes!

How is this possible?!

He actually reached level six!!

You know, Ning's Kai'Sa, famed for jungle efficiency, after eating this mid lane wave, was still half a level short of hitting six!

Did Ezreal take a kill?

Ning also got a kill!!

It was just a counter‑jungle of one F6 camp!

Why is he ahead by so much!!

Ning's mind plunged into chaos, completely unable to grasp how Liang Yan could hit level six so early. To put it bluntly, at this time, if the lane fight got a bit fiercer and he went back once more, sometimes even a solo lane wouldn't necessarily reach six!

A jungler hitting six at just over six minutes?!

If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, Ning would definitely think it was an Arabian night tale!

The impact of Kai'Sa dying once at six minutes wasn't big enough to completely sway the match outcome, but this unexpected kill dealt Ning a mental blow comparable to the enemy giving IG a five‑kill ace, shattering Ning's confidence.

Frankly, this is too absurd, completely beyond Ning's game comprehension!

……

Actually, not only Ning, but also the audience and commentators with limited game reading, let alone many top‑tier team pros watching this match, who from the god's view watched Liang Yan reach level six at this time, were equally shocked and incredulous.

Actually, there isn't much worth noting—just that when he came to gank mid twice, he soaked up minion experience both times—the second time it wasn't soaking, he basically ate an entire wave—and also, after clearing the first jungle round and heading back to base, he deliberately picked a spot where he could snag side‑lane experience.

Plus, a kill plus the extra experience from counter‑jungling.

Just that simple—when Ezreal finished clearing F6 and the level‑up glow burst on him, those top‑tier team pros still hadn't reacted, just thinking, oh, he leveled up again…… until Ezreal warded over the wall, lit up Ning's recall spot, and started pulling, only then did everyone suddenly realize——

Holy shit... six?!

"Too damn six!!"

At that moment, inside the RNG base, the person curled up in the gaming chair—Malaxiangguo—shot up straight, eyes wide as a goldfish's. Liang Yan's play this game showed the exact opposite extreme of Malaxiangguo's favored fasting style.

The problem is Liang Yan not only cleared fast and soaked up experience aggressively, but he actually pulled it off!

And in South Korea, in SKT's training room, Coach Kkoma couldn't help but turn his head toward his own jungler Peanut, astonished, asking: "Can you hit level six at 6:10?"

Peanut nervously glanced at the coach, then at Faker sitting a bit ahead: "I... I could... but... I wouldn't do it like that."

Because he didn't dare soak up Faker's experience, damn it……

Moreover, even if he dared, he'd need a different champion to achieve such terrifying leveling speed; Ezreal simply can't do it.

Just like the blind monk jungle route he's tried many times this year—no matter how he tweaks it, he can't match Firrrrrre's blind monk, appearing at the same spot at the same time.

Because Firrrrrre's entire jungle routine is packed with countless details; those details pile up, ultimately creating a substantive jungle‑efficiency gap that no amount of imitation can overcome.

That's why, even though some online claim Firrrrrre is the world's number one jungler and draw pushback, in the pro scene there's never been any opposing voice.

……

On site, the exciting replay had ended, the feed switched back to live, and the camera lingered on Ezreal as he finished clearing monsters and headed back to base.

The commentators' astonishment still echoed.

"This wave Jiao Shen snagged two kills and totally took off!!"

"The lane gap is already huge; even if Ning hits six and ults, he probably can't beat him. Earlier we said Ning being forced to stay in lane to soak would hurt his rhythm, but now it's different—not only was he counter‑jungled, Jiao Shen also took the kill!!"

"You could say it's a bit of a collapse."

"Just a little collapse."

"And his energy hasn't built up much either—reaching full charge for transformation is practically nowhere in sight."

Kai'Sa's passive stores energy by dealing damage to champions—melee hits grant Darkin energy, ranged hits grant Shadow Assassin energy—once a type hits its cap, she gets a transformation chance, turning into either Darkin or Shadow Assassin and gaining a whole new set of effects.

Before transformation, Kai'Sa's only edge is fast jungle clear; after transformation she becomes truly formidable. Simply put, Darkin is a warrior focus—crowd control and half‑tank half‑damage—while Shadow Assassin, as the name implies, is an assassin focus: no crowd control, pure burst; with good gear she can burst a squishy with a W‑Q‑R combo, with excellent gear she can even skip the R, two abilities outright kill, extremely violent.

In short, this champ relies on jungle farming early, teamfighting mid to charge energy; Ning this game has only used his mid‑lane poke once so far, hasn't built much energy, and is far from full charge for transformation—if the next few minutes see no frequent fights, he'll likely need to drag to around twenty minutes before he can charge enough to transform.

And beforehand, Ning seeing Liang Yan could only detour.

"Huh? Is Jiao Shen not planning to buy a jungle knife anymore? Going straight for triforce pieces?"

"Wow, that violent?!"