Chapter 770

The minion had achieved great merit but took no reward; the kill bounty was all given to Sima Laozei, and when the system announced, it still showed 'VG. smlz killed EDG. iboy', while the minion hid his merit and fame.

Sima Laozei naturally knew how he got that kill, so he couldn't help but feel a bit excited; in the already black-and-white game screen, he pinged several times on his own melee minion that had just killed an enemy, turned back, and rushed to the front line to fight the blue side's minion:

This melee minion is too awesome; should he be evaluated as the Canyon's model worker?

Although everyone had also seen this skirmish in the bottom lane, they hadn't seen it in detail; at first they didn't understand what Sima Laozei meant, but after his explanation they understood, and at once they likewise couldn't hold back, all bursting into laughter.

Such a dramatic event, some people from debut to retirement might never encounter once; Sima Laozei's luck could be considered winning the lottery.

A wave of battle rhythm provoked by EDG's active invasion finally came to a close; both sides' personnel regrouped and set out, and the smoke in the canyon slowly dissipated.

Around the ten-and-a-half-minute mark, Changzhang finally had time to come over and help Scout take the second blue buff, which was like giving Scout—who had died twice but only gotten two assists—a small sip of blood, allowing the subsequent laning phase of Ahri to be a bit easier.

However, Scout, who had obtained the blue buff, couldn't feel happy at all.

The opposing Yasuo was 2-1-2.

His last hits were also nearly ten more than Ahri's.

He also led slightly in experience.

All told, Scout estimated he was behind Yasuo by about 1000 gold plus half a level's worth of experience. If Scout weren't still somewhat confident in his own strength, this mid lane would probably be impossible to lane in.

Moreover, the top and bottom lanes were equally difficult.

Mouse had given up a tower, and after running back and forth for about a minute, he had missed a wave of minions compared to the big worm; plus, with the pressure on the lane ahead, his last hits were already more than ten behind the big worm's.

In the bottom lane, there was no need to look at last hits or economy; as the strongest early-game AD, the player with Mobility Boots went head-to-head with Xayah and actually traded one-for-one; after subtracting the inherent early-game advantage of the champion, iboy was actually at a huge disadvantage.

In other words, EDG had clearly picked an early-game strong composition, but now that the game had just entered the mid‑phase, they were already stuck in the awkward situation of being disadvantaged on all three lanes.

"Zed's Green Fork has already been completed……" Shen Chao glanced at the equipment bar of Yasuo, who was about to leave, and said softly, "While Scout is still wearing only separate items."

At this moment, Yasuo had four equipment slots filled: Green Fork, Doran's Shield, Boots, and Refillable Potion.

Meanwhile, Scout's Ahri had all six slots packed: Control Ward, Boots, Long Sword, Dagger, Corrupting Potion, and Vampiric Scepter.

"Scout still has some spare change, but the gap is indeed quite large."

Wawa thought for a moment and said, "If we bring in a mid laner who isn't that strong or is even stronger, I even feel that EDG's mid lane is already unplayable."

"Emmm……" Miller, not wanting to offend VG fans, changed the subject: "Jiao Shen's Runic Greatsword (AP-property tier‑3 jungle knife) is already done, while Changzhang's Molten Blade still lacks the synthesis fee."

"Hiss!" Wawa seemed to have discovered a new continent, exclaiming, "This isn't right—why is Changzhang's gear still lacking? … Eh? Changzhang's last‑hit count is actually ten or so less than Jiao Shen's?! How can this be? I remember Changzhang has clearly been farming all along, and he hasn't been invaded or counter‑jungled by Jiao Shen, so how could this happen?!"

"Because Jiao Shen just ate a Stone Armor Beetle when he set out, while Changzhang was fighting for the river crab; also I recall that Jiao Shen earlier seemed to have collected a wave of minions in mid lane together with the support."

"Oh……"

"Furthermore, Changzhang first bought a pair of Cooldown Boots and spent two hundred gold to upgrade the Rejuvenation Potion he started with into a Hunter's Potion." Shen Chao explained clearly.

"It's actually two hundred fifty gold, I recall." Guan Zeyuan added.

"Hmm, I'm not entirely sure of the exact price, but I remember it's over two hundred gold."

Miller, accustomed to playing the peacemaker, once again started to defend Changzhang: "It's not a big problem; although Jiao Shen indeed has a completed item while Changzhang hasn't yet combined his first major item, if they really had a solo in the jungle, Jiao Shen would still lose to him."

"Of course." Guan Zeyuan laughed and teased, "After all, the Jungle Tank actually can't win a duel; whether it's sustained output or healing, it's far inferior to Olaf. But we can't look at it that way—we need to know that the Jungle Tank's essence as a jungler is that of a utility player; when team fights come, its usefulness surpasses Olaf's."

"Well, it's still early, and neither side has much chance for a team fight yet."

"Xia Gu Xian Feng!"

At 11 minutes game time, the Xia Gu Xian Feng had already been spawned for one minute.

EDG realized they couldn't win in top, mid, and jungle, so they kept causing trouble in the bottom lane—a three‑on‑one gank—and once again killed Sima Laozei, who lacked both summoner spells and his ultimate.

Meanwhile, VG kept a close watch on mid lane, and the jungle support dove under the tower to kill Scout.

Afterward, EDG's top laner Maokai gave up farming, and the four members from top and bottom jungle rushed to mid to surround and hunt the VG jungle support that was trying to destroy a tower—

"……VG four people ran up the river, Changzhang directly activated Swiftness‑Boosted Pursuit, threw an axe, and applied a slow to Zed!"

"Zed went into the brush!"

"Changzhang activated Twilight of the Gods and gave chase!"

"Sheng Qiang Ge used Teleport!"

"Maokai unleashed his ultimate, roots covering the entire river, but Yasuo had a wind wall; three people hid behind it, and Mouse's ultimate was wasted!"

Jiao Shen turned around, E-flashed and knocked up iboy and Meiko Yasuo, directly following up with his ultimate!

Mouse flashed and bound Xiao Duan, trying to break VG's control chain, but the control time was too short; Xiao Duan still flashed and knocked up both, linking the control!!

Changzhang kept dealing damage but couldn't stop VG's focus fire!

iboy died straight up in the air!!

Meiko landed, flashed to try to run, but was cut down by Zita's single sword!!

Zita took the kill experience, leveled up to 10, and the extra HP just barely blocked Changzhang's reckless swing! Changzhang's Ragnarok duration had already ended; the descending Sheng Qiang Ge landed a Rupture stomp that flung him, unable to keep up with the damage!!!

Mouse chased Zita down Zhong Lu; a minion wave just happened to appear in front, and Zita slid away again! Knowing the tree dealt little damage even with maxed passive stacks, he even turned around to chop people!

Coming and going like the wind! What a handsome Yasuo!

Zita was really happy this game!!

Changzhang was taken out by Sheng Qiang Ge! The three turned around and surrounded the tree! Mouse felt hopeless! But two fists can't fight eight hands! In the end, without a doubt, he died under the four-man VG surround!!

Three versus four! Zero for four!!!

EDG completely blew up!!!