Chapter 720

Kkoma still reads it accurately.

Starting from the Xia Lu wave where they traded one for five, IG basically fell apart completely, the battle situation went downhill rapidly, IG barely managed to hold on for another ten or so minutes, and finally, just past the twenty‑minute mark, VG destroyed their Ji Di, with neither team even touching the Baron.

By the end of the match, the gold difference between the two sides had already broken the ten‑thousand mark; the gold curve, starting from that Xia Lu wave, looked almost like a ninety‑degree climb from VG's perspective, while from IG's perspective it was a cliff‑like drop.

The MVP of this game was unquestionably Liang Yan; by the moment IG's Ji Di was smashed, Liang Yan's lane opponent gold deficit had reached a terrifying over five thousand, his personal gold lead amounted to half of the team's lead—saying the numbers might not feel tangible, the most intuitive display is in the items——EZ out‑itemed Kai'Sa by two big items!

"Same Kai'Sa, Ning's experience in the two games was worlds apart—the first game was a pure stomp, while the second game……"

"A pure crush game?"

"It's not even enough to describe it; I'd say it's a nightmare‑level experience!"

"That's pretty scary……"

"Fifteen minutes to get his first big item, seventeen minutes to transform into Kai'Sa—just imagine how painful that must be; not exaggerating, this kind of development, even if you put it in an AI match, you'd still lose to the AI!"

"Ah……"

"Wawa often talks big, but this time there really wasn't any exaggeration—in the current patch's AI match, NPCs receive a systematic salary; even if you never last‑hit a single kill, they'll still have a big item by around thirteen minutes, so Ning's development this game really is worse than the AI's……"

"The IG members returned to the lounge, heads down and faces grim."

"After Ning plopped down on the sofa, he immediately started ranting:"

"\"Damn, who would've thought, guys? I got first blood on Kai'Sa at over five minutes, and then it all went to hell—how am I supposed to play this? It's unplayable! \""

"Ning ranted while spreading his hands."

"Rookie was also in a terrible mood, but he tried to keep his composure and even attempted to console Ning: "It's fine, bro—first steady your emotions. Let's review the game.""

"Ning, however, became even more agitated, and he spoke without restraint:"

"\"Don't steady yourself—let everyone vent whatever emotions they have. What's the point of reviewing anything? What use is a review! \""

"\"Honestly, I don't even know where I'm worse than the enemy jungler! Apart from that one wave where he snatched six‑yin and killed me on Zhong Lu, I haven't been solo‑killed by him since. \""

"\"My Ye Qu isn't at a disadvantage either, so why does it seem like everyone has already resigned themselves to the idea that I can't compete and have given up on me? Every time I run into him, you all shout 'run, run, run!' Every time we meet, you shout 'run, run, run!'\""

"\"Hey, am I really that much worse than him? \""

"\"Is it that one mistake just gets me killed outright, with no need for help? \""

"Having been with IG for nearly two years, and only after Chris left the team this summer did he finally get promoted to IG head coach—Mafa stood in the middle of the lounge with his arms crossed, listening."

"Mafa understood most of what Ning was saying, but his Chinese expression isn't very good."

"Ning kept venting and shifting blame, which also pissed Mafa off."

"As a Korean coach, Mafa has always placed great emphasis on the players' sense of hierarchy."

"In Mafa's eyes, Ning is merely a newcomer who has been in the LPL for less than a season; although he does have some talent, how dare he spout off in front of all the senior players?! Mafa can't tolerate that."

"Shut up."

"Mafa waved his hand forcefully, coldly cutting off Ning's rant,"

"\"Players who can't win matches are all trash! \""

Maybe he felt his comment was too over the top, and Mafa instantly realized he was just a new coach who had only been in the job half a season and whose position wasn't yet stable, so he hurriedly added:

"I'm trash too."

Everyone was stunned at first, then found it hilarious.

Mafa straightened his face, regained his stern expression, and then said:

"If the opponent changes just one person, like this, our problems are huge."

"But the details, we'll review them later."

"I only say, in Xia Lu one wave. Gao Zhenning, why didn't you help Song Yijin block the skill? Didn't I say that Mao Kai's new ultimate can block, must block! Didn't you listen?"

"You think you're playing really well."

"When you got lane-locked, you didn't go help, only went after you were beaten down?"

"If you go, you'll collapse!"

"No, saying it like that makes me feel like everything's my fault—am I really that problematic? Are all the problems mine?"

"It's not anyone's problem; you just need to look at the result—if you go, you'll collapse."

"Okay okay okay, fine fine fine, my problem my problem, my fault, it's all my problem, alright—lol, I really don't want to play anymore."

"……"

VG lounge.

As soon as everyone entered, they saw Zhu Xiaolong lowering his head, whispering to Tian.

Xiao Duan had his hands in his pockets, grinning as he shouted at Tian: "How's it going, little bro? Did you learn it from Jiao Shen's personal instruction?"

Tian immediately lifted his head and nodded seriously: "I've learned it!"

The sneaky one quietly went to get water, and also poured a cup for Liang Yan. Liang Yan had just sat down, hearing this, he was a bit surprised: "Really learned or fake learned, then next round you'll go up?"

"Pfft——!"

Xiao Duan sprayed a mouthful of water all over Sima Laozei, frantically grabbed a few napkins to wipe for Ma Ge, but Sima Laozei pushed him away disdainfully, and Xiao Duan nervously said to Liang Yan:

"Don't be like that, bro, I was just joking!"

But Tian looked at Liang Yan and said: "Sure, master, let me play next round."

Xiao Duan also spoke without filter: "What if we lose?"

Tian spoke bluntly: "If we lose, I won't play."

Everyone: "……"

Liang Yan thought for a moment, then asked Xiao Tian: "Alright, then analyze this: suppose in the previous round you were on the enemy side, not knowing how EZ would play, if you were the Victorious Hidden, what would you do? If you can answer, you get to play; if not, go back and write a 3000-word review note."

Everyone chuckled secretly, feeling Tian was doomed to write those 3000 words.

"I can't play the Victorious Hidden."

Tian spoke without hesitation, not at all worrying about possibly being punished with a review note if he spoke wrong, just expressing his thoughts,

"If it's not the Wild Core version, why insist on playing Wild Core? I really can't figure him out."

Liang Yan looked at Tian, silent for two seconds, then nodded: "Mm, that's right."

Liang Yan was actually quite surprised inside.

Tian's talent is indeed very high; he is good at looking at problems from different angles and is sufficiently confident. If nothing unexpected happens, Liang Yan feels that the Tian on this timeline will achieve greater accomplishments than the other Tian in history.

However, that will only be after the master retires.

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Starting tomorrow, we will resume the update rhythm of releasing two chapters in a row at 6 p. m.