Chapter 741

As Zhu Mei, under Niu Tou's cover, finished countering the wild monsters and pressed recall at the original spot, Liang Yan's first move's rhythm gradually came to an end.

This wave, Liang Yan didn't catch any enemy, only flashed WE's support once, yet let the team and himself gain abundantly.

At over five minutes, the second wave of monsters began to respawn successively.

Both junglers returned to a normal rhythm, no longer exchanging jungle areas, each side simply cleared monsters in their own jungle.

Then the problem arose again.

In this match, both junglers started by invading each other's jungle; Liang Yan began at WE's red buff, then returned to his own upper jungle and cleared all three monster groups in the blue buff jungle, ate a full round of monsters before going to the bottom lane to act, and additionally took two more monster groups and also ate the river crab, for a total of nine monster groups.

Condi started from VG's red buff in the lower half; after clearing VG's three monster groups he also returned to his own blue buff jungle, but didn't even eat the river crab, only ate one blue buff group and hurriedly went home to counter-jungle the top lane, for a total of only four monster groups.

A difference of five full monster groups has already created a very large experience gap!

Moreover, the biggest problem is: monster respawn time is fixed, and the second wave's respawn follows this rule, progressing sequentially. VG's blue side monsters respawn from bottom to top with almost no gaps; WE's red side monsters respawn from top to bottom, but their respawn time has gaps, because the last two monster groups in the lower half were only taken by Liang Yan at the very end, creating a full two‑minute gap compared to the upper half's respawn interval.

One step slow, every step slow!

Condi's heart was filled with unease; he realized there was a huge experience gap in lane between himself and the enemy jungler. He dared not dwell on the almost certain cruel future where he was only level four while Zhu Mei had already reached level six, yet he could not shake off that ever‑present shadow of fear. The fear clenched his heart, making him feel suffocated and throwing his thoughts into disarray, leaving him unable to make calm, rational judgments or plan his actions.

I'll clear first... I'll farm first... after this round of jungle monsters he still won't be enough to hit level six... he should hit level six before making a move... I still have time... I'll clear for a bit...

Condi comforted himself in this way, then dove into his own upper jungle and buried himself in clearing monsters.

But he hadn't finished clearing his two camps when Zhu Mei struck again.

This time, Liang Yan's target remained the WE bottom lane — the Ben without flash!

And when Zhu Mei burst out from the tri‑brush behind WE's bottom turret, her level turned out to be ……

"Zhu Mei is level five!"

"Wow, why is Jiao Shen's farm always so exaggerated!"

"It's barely been six minutes, and even mid lane has just hit level six!"

"The minion wave that can let both sides reach level six has only just arrived at the front line!"

Moreover, since lane control is in Jace's hands, the Shen of 957 who is coming in late to soak up the lane likely won't arrive until around six thirty.

"Although Xi Ye's Syndra is in great shape, she has no teleport and is a short‑legged mage with no mobility, while WE's duo is already pinned under the tower; if we really had to wait for Xi Ye to come rescue, the yellow daylilies would be cold!"

"Mystic, who has flash and cleanse, didn't hesitate to turn and run."

"Ben knew he was likely doomed, so he charged straight at Zhu Mei's face, hoping to turn aggression into a slim chance of survival—if he could use Polymorph to interrupt Zhu Mei's Charge, perhaps he could live!"

"However, VG gave him no chance at all."

"Xiao Duan decisively flashed in and landed a W‑Q combo that launched Ben into the air!"

"Wow, Varus's burst is huge! A single Rain of Arrows, two auto‑attacks, then a Q, combined with teammates' damage, instantly took down Ben!"

"Armor‑piercing Varus already has strong early burst, and with Lulu suppressing Ben by two levels, if the damage were low that would be spooky!"

"Mystic is safe, but this lane……"

"We can't farm anymore."

"It's over, we've really blown it. Now WE shouldn't be thinking about when Lulu's incense burner will be ready, but rather how we'll lane in the bottom lane from now on!"

"Right, it's still under seven minutes! The laning phase is far from over!"

"Jiao Shen's two ganks were too brutal—though they only killed a support, they made Mystic lose so many minions that it feels impossible to lane from now on."

In the players' cams, Mystic wore a sullen expression, listless, while Ben beside him looked as if he'd put on a pain mask, his features wrinkled like a bitter melon.

On the other side, Gangzi was completely grinning.

In terms of individual skill, he and Xiao Duan are indeed no match for WE's Korean duo, but so what? I have a monstrous thigh to cling to!

How does that saying go? It's better to pick a good team than to play well!

Condi rushed over to mid lane to help clear the minion wave, then immediately brought Xi Ye down; at the very least he managed to shield Mystic back to the tower, letting him pick up the last half‑wave.

Afterward Condi stayed in the lower jungle waiting for his second wave of monsters to respawn, while Xi Ye cautiously returned to mid via the path behind the blue buff.

But nobody on WE's side knew that before Liang Yan dove the tower, he had placed a ward in the wall‑side grass behind WE's blue buff camp!

Xi Ye's route back to mid was completely visible to VG!

Thus, as Syndra had just entered the small path on the right side of mid's first turret, a sturdy pig's head suddenly sprang up from the river.

"Holy shit!"

Xi Ye was so startled he blurted out profanity, and the instant he saw the pig's head he reflexively hit D.

"Xi Ye reacted quickly! He flashed to dodge Jiao Shen's Frozen Assault, but Jiao Shen's reaction was even more exaggerated—he flashed right after and unleashed a Q‑flash!"

"Whoa!!"

"What?! That's too exaggerated, Jiao Shen!!"

"Xi Ye was still launched into the air by the pig! He landed and quickly used Weakness Retreat to shove the enemy away, but the airplane swooped in with a Valkyrie dive from mid lane and blocked his path!"

"Wolves ahead, tigers behind—what do we do, Xi Ye!"

"Condi is rushing over, but can he make it in time!"

"No way! It feels like Xi Ye can't escape! Although he managed to shove Jiao Shen away, without a knock‑up he couldn't stun him, and Jiao Shen already had a slow on him before being pushed; just a couple steps later he was back on him!"

"The Marquis's two missiles and phosphorous bomb all hit!"

"In this narrow terrain the airplane has a huge advantage! The Marquis kept firing his Gatling gun, continuously pummeling Xi Ye with basic attacks!"

"Just as Xi Ye was about to retreat to tower, the pig's eternal freeze zone caught him; the airplane's final missile struck, and the Marquis secured Xi Ye's head!"

"Jiao Shen's strikes keep landing! WE's mid and bottom lanes keep falling apart—we're blown up!"