Chapter 776

Swish swish swish!

In the river, all EDG members simultaneously pressed recall in place.

If few people stayed behind, they would be killed by Syndra; if many stayed behind, they couldn't hold the high ground, and EDG had no possibility of splitting up.

But recalling wasn't that easy.

As expected, Syndra and Rakan came over.

Meiko knew someone had to stay behind to block them, otherwise nobody could return, so he voluntarily canceled recall and went to meet VG's mid and support, while calling out to Mouse:

"A Guang, don't recall either; stay back and help everyone get back to base!"

Meiko and Mouse successfully stalled Easyhoon and Xiao Duan's advance, allowing the other three teammates to finish recalling and return to the high ground.

The price was Meiko giving up his life.

On the high ground side, VG's three players, after destroying the Xia Lu crystal, turned and left without even returning to base, taking a shortcut through the Ye Qu straight to Da Long Keng.

EDG's three players hurriedly pushed the minion wave down from the high ground and then came rushing back, but at this point the river vision had already been cleared by VG, so EDG's three players, upon arriving nearby, hesitated and crept forward cautiously.

However, VG didn't bother with any mid‑way ambush; they came rushing straight, cleared the vision along the way, and then everyone went all‑out on the dragon.

When EDG's three frontliners finally entered the river from their own blue buff jungle and gained vision inside the Da Long Keng, Nashor's Baron had only about one‑third of its health left.

The damage output of Little Cannon, Prince, and Incense Burner is just that outrageous.

Meanwhile, Mouse, who was returning to base to respawn and then rushing back, was still over two thousand yards away.

The revived Meiko had just gotten off the high ground.

"EDG's formation is completely disjointed! The dragon is almost out of health! What to do, EDG! Fight! Three versus five we can't win! Don't fight! The dragon will fall into VG's hands!!"

As soon as Guan Zeyuan finished speaking, Changzhang rushed forward.

In the 3v5 team fight, EDG was behind by nearly ten thousand gold, the Incense Burner monster wasn't present, and they were missing a frontliner, so naturally there was no suspense.

However, Scout's ultimate this wave was pretty good, almost instantly killing Easyhoon's Syndra, but it wasn't very useful because Easyhoon's Syndra's main task in this game was to instantly kill the Incense Burner monster, and EDG's Incense Burner monster hadn't even entered the fight yet.

Only after VG killed EDG's jungler AD did Meiko finally meet up with Scout, but they could only be chased by VG's four players (one of whom had died) running toward the high ground.

Fu Lan Duo, who had returned to base to respawn, teleported in with a super minion, charging up from the Xia Lu high ground; VG's remaining members arrived a bit later, they fought another wave in front of the snaggletooth tower, killed Scout, then destroyed EDG's two snaggletooth towers and launched a final all‑out assault on the main base.

His teammates hadn't respawned yet, so Meiko could only stand in the Quan Shui, looking lonely and alone.

"It's going to explode!"

"Two‑zero!"

"Congratulations, VG!"

"Goodness, it's really two‑zero!"

"Jiao Shen is only one step away from his true grand slam!"

"Huh?" Shen Chao stared blankly. "Hasn't he already got the grand slam?"

"Before it was just a quasi‑grand slam; winning the championship today makes it a true grand slam."

Before it was a near Grand Slam; today only winning the championship is the true Grand Slam.

The camera cut back to the commentator desk, another round of congratulations, and then 55 Kai said proudly:

The camera cut back to the commentator's desk, another round of congratulations, and then 55kai was smug:

EDG fans couldn't take it; some late‑coming viewers didn't know that 55 Kai had a rocket‑bet with the chatters in his own livestream, and they found it utterly bewildering.

EDG fans couldn't take it anymore; some late-arriving viewers didn't know that 55kai had a rocket bet with their own livestream chat friends, feeling bewildered.

Comfortable, you've gone bad!

【Just asking, what grudge does 55 Kai have against EDG?】

【Don't want the livestream anymore?】

【Not me saying, but is Zhu Zai now so weak that we shouldn't hype him?】

Zhu Zai's combat strength is still strong, but his numbers are far too low; this year VG has sucked up too much traffic, so whether it's EDG or RNG, their fan counts can't compare to last year's at all.

Wawa changed the topic: "Okay, congratulations again to VG for making it 2‑0 and securing three match points, and also congratulations to Jiao Shen for being just one step away from his grand slam, but since the match isn't over yet, I want to ask Teacher PDD, what do you think are EDG's remaining chances of winning this Bo5?"

Wawa changed the topic: "Okay, congratulations again to VG for taking three match points with a 2-0 lead, and also congratulations to Jiao Shen for being just one step away from his own Grand Slam, but after all the match isn't over yet, so I want to ask Teacher PDD, what do you think are EDG's chances left in this Bo5?"

Rita burst out laughing.

Wawa was speechless for a second: "……Yes."

PDD adjusted his glasses tactically and said: "Um, objectively speaking, theoretically I think this possibility is already minuscule……"

PDD adjusted his glasses again and then said: "However, considering that EDG pulled off a 2‑to‑3 comeback in the semifinals, perhaps we can still believe in a miracle. I think…… there's still a one‑percent chance of a turnaround."

"It's still that high?!"

55 Kai's face was full of shock, his expression and tone both exaggerated,

"There's still a one‑percent chance? I thought it was at most zero point zero zero zero one percent!"

【Ring ring ring ring, you bell?】

【So the question is, how many zeros did 55 Kai read?】

0.00000000001 percent equals 0.0000000000001, which equals one divided by ten thousand hundred million.

【The math of the guys up front is really good】

【You guys are all good at math, must be thanks to the PE teacher】

In fact, not even a one‑in‑ten‑trillion chance exists.

Because in game three VG was again the Hong Se Fang and again locked in Mobility Boots, but…… EDG didn't pick them.

After losing two games, EDG thought the Mobility Boots were a trap; they looked like the overpowered, edgy child of the meta, but in reality they were a huge pitfall of the version.

"Otherwise why does VG keep banning them?" A Bu said in the resting room, "If they ban them again next game, just don't take them — it's obvious they're deliberately banning them to screw us over!"

After losing two rounds, EDG felt that the skate shoes were a trap; they looked like the fierce, hipster son of the version, but in fact they were a huge pitfall of the version.

"Otherwise why would VG keep leaving it open?" A Bu said in the lounge, "If they leave it open again next round, just don't take it; it's obvious they're deliberately leaving it open to trap us!"

So when VG's third match actually released the skate shoes again, EDG didn't pick them.

Everyone from VG was stunned.

「Holy shit hahaha……」

「No, they actually released it! 」

「Liang Yan, tell the brothers the truth—is EDG's ban/pick being remotely controlled by you? 」

「EDG coach's brain is being remotely controlled by Jiao Shen. 」

「……」

After finishing the second match and returning to the break room, Liang Yan said EDG might release skate shoes in the next match, and everyone thought it was unbelievable.

As a result, who would have thought—EDG actually dared to release them!

What else is there to say?

Take it!