Chapter 778: Invincible Shooting! Perfect Closed Loop!

As Xiao Duan charged forward, Mouse's big tree was teleported down from behind.

After Mouse landed, he first glanced at Easyhoon's Clockwork loitering near the battlefield outskirts without acting. He thought that even if he used Flash to lock down the Clockwork, his teammates likely couldn't follow up with damage, so he chose to unleash his ultimate toward the direction with more VG members.

Mouse followed the rolling torrent of tree roots forward two steps, then immediately flashed and used W to bind Sima Laozei, who was about to slide onto the faces of the EDG members.

Sima Laozei used Q-Flash to intercept the big attack with his face, the Piercing Spear struck Meiko, then instantly followed with a basic attack and pulled the spear; in a flash, Changzhang and Meiko were both killed by the spear pull.

"What terrifying damage!!"

"EDG's two main players fell first!!"

"Sima Laozei scored a double kill!!"

The big tree, now an energy mass, turned a corner and wrapped around Sima Laozei the instant he flashed into view, but Sima Laozei was already under Natural Grasp; since control duration can only overlap, not stack, this Twisted Thrust bind was essentially useless!

The Skates were pinned in place, then slapped by the big tree; facing the three-man focus fire from EDG, he just kept throwing spears, continuing to output at the only big tree within range he could reach, his attack speed so fast that the spear-throwing motion produced afterimages.

Under the player camera, Sima Laozei had a blank expression, like an emotionless stationary masturbation machine.

EDG's first wave of burst had already been expended; at this point everyone was basically in a skill cooldown gap. Even if Sima Laozei stood still and let EDG attack, reducing his health below half was already the limit. Immediately after, Verdant God's shield was applied; before the shield broke, the Incense Burner's healing plus Ruined King's lifesteal brought Sima Laozei's health nearly back to full.

"You call this AD?"

"This is tankier than a damn tank!!"

"The venue exploded completely, the atmosphere blazing hot."

Guan Zeyuan shouted in shock:

"Completely! Unable! To! Fight!"

"Although the big tree and Varus's Corrupting Chains kept the Skates locked down for a long time, EDG simply couldn't kill him!!"

"This Skates is so tanky!!!"

"Before Verdant God falls, the Skates simply cannot die!"

At this moment, Xiao Duan's bull head also charged to face the enemy's two backline members, but his skills were on cooldown and his ultimate was about to expire, so charging forward seemed useless……

The center of the battlefield was in utter chaos, with various sound and visual effects blasting wildly; both sides dodged and weaved like in a fighting game, the exciting melee drew everyone's gaze, so even the spectators with a god's-eye view forgot that behind EDG there was still a Clockwork spirit.

Easyhoon was stuck on the other side, afraid that Mouse's teleport would come down and bind him directly, so he dared not approach to deal damage. At this point Mouse's ultimate and key control skill had already been used, while the Flying Machine and Varus were focusing fire on Sima Laozei. Easyhoon naturally wouldn't just stand by; he dribbled the ball over and unleashed an ultimate that pulled out two flashes, then stuck the ball onto Xiao Duan, giving the low-health old ox a shield.

At this point EDG finally realized the Skates couldn't be killed, so they needed to take down Verdant God first; thus Mouse shifted his target to chase Liang Yan.

But it was already too late.

Both sides were surrounded; EDG couldn't possibly escape, so the remaining three members went all-in on Liang Yan's Verdant God.

Yet the Skates remained alive.

When EDG exerted all their effort to reduce Liang Yan's health to critical, Sima Laozei swooped in and snatched him into a Poké Ball; when he bounced back out, only Scout's Flying Machine was still alive, and Easyhoon followed with another shield, making the situation utterly hopeless.

"Zero for five!!"

"After twelve minutes of fighting with no kills, one teamfight yielded five kills and it was a one-sided stomp by VG!"

"And now I finally understand why Sima Laozei gave the spear to Jiao Shen!"

"Playing Skates with Verdant God's protection—if you don't kill Verdant God, you can't kill the Skates!"

"Playing Verdant God with Skates' protection—if you don't kill the Skates, you can't kill Verdant God!"

"Invincible Shooting! Perfect Closed Loop!"

"What an impossible mission!!"

"Because EDG's lineup simply lacks enough burst, meaning in teamfights no matter who you focus on you can't kill anyone! So how exactly should we fight this teamfight to win!!"

"We can't win, seriously—EDG giving the Skates to VG was a huge mistake; winning is now impossible!"

"That's too exaggerated……" Chang Mao's voice trembled, "The earlier gold difference was only around five hundred; everyone thought the sides were evenly matched, never expecting the teamfight to be so one‑sided!"

"In fact, at the start of the teamfight VG's formation was quite disadvantageous, with Marquis's Clockwork isolated on the other side, unable to join the fight, so it should have been VG three versus four; yet the final result was VG four versus five wiping out EDG in a single teamfight!"

"EDG can't play anymore. Four versus five, zero for five—how are we supposed to play this?!"

"So after watching this fight, regarding this version's teamfights, we can actually draw a conclusion:"

"When the enemy has an Incense Burner and you don't, unless you are absolutely certain you can instantly kill their Incense Burner carrier, you have no qualification to engage them in a teamfight!"

"Good heavens, VG—could Verdant God jungle be making a comeback?"

"Uh, I don't think so," Shen Chao said cautiously.

"Why not?"

"Because it's obvious the Skates are hard to pull out."

"Oh, I see—what Shen Chao means is that in this version Verdant God jungle is tied to the Skates; if the Skates can't be pulled out, Verdant God naturally has no chance to play."

"Yes."

"But there are other ADs that can benefit from the Incense Burner besides the Skates—why must it be tied to the Skates?"

"Because Verdant God was nerfed too hard in the previous two patches, its base strength is insufficient; we need a strong point to compensate, and other ADs that can benefit from the Incense Burner are late‑game champions, while Verdant God is too weak to last that long……"

"Wait! I think Jiao Shen playing would be fine!"

"Uh, but there's no need—there are other better choices; if you can't get the Skates, play something else, which gives a higher cost‑effectiveness for anyone."

"Oh oh, indeed……"

During the teamfight on this side, Fu Lan Duo pushed the bottom lane without pressure. After the teamfight VG took the forward turret and also destroyed one of EDG's middle turrets.

Five kills, two towers, countless assists……

In that teamfight, VG gained over three thousand gold in profit.

The outcome of this match has already been completely decided.