Chapter 873

Twenty-eight minutes in, Perkz was pushing the bottom lane, landing a full combo on Cuvee's newly spawned Nal, taking out over half of his health.

Perkz then decided to kill him, and with his abilities back off cooldown, he dived the tower for a strong kill.

However, the dive failed, and Cuvee escaped back to high ground.

Perkz took two turret shots, leaving him with less than half health, yet he didn't recall but kept pushing the tower.

Seeing this, everyone from VG was shocked.

How did Perkz suddenly go crazy?

Why isn't he running?

Isn't this just suicide!

Next, they and the global audience witnessed an escape so spectacular it could be called one of the most exciting moments in League of Legends history.

SSG's four members surrounded him.

As long as they killed Perkz, SSG could take the Elder Dragon, so their killing intent was firm.

Perkz used himself as bait, beginning a heaven-shaking escape.

Zhu Mei's wall-piercing ultimate was dodged by him.

Weiluosi flashed over the wall and fired an R, which he also dodged.

SSG's bottom second turret had already been destroyed by Perkz, so the chase and mind games unfolded near the mountain wall beside the ruins of the bottom second turret.

SSG's remaining members came around from below, but Perkz used a Stone Pierce combo to reduce Weiluosi to low health, chasing Ruler downward.

Seeing this, support CoreJJ turned around to assist Ruler, while also trying to stop Perkz from escaping via the small path below high ground.

However, Ruler's health was too low to counter, and CoreJJ also dared not step forward.

SSG's remaining members came around from below.

Perkz then chased SSG's duo into the jungle.

CoreJJ gritted his teeth and used his ultimate, turning back to step forward.

Perkz used Flash to dodge, then cast a Stone Scatter Formation to block the retreat, only to be hit by Luomeihuo.

SSG's remaining members were blocked by the Stone Scatter Formation and couldn't follow up in time; Perkz took a full missile from Feiji, escaping with over four hundred health into the small path below high ground.

SSG thought he was fleeing toward mid lane, so they cut through the jungle to surround him, but Perkz controlled vision, turned back, and escaped back to the bottom lane.

SSG again cut through the jungle diagonally, aiming to come from the jungle exit below to encircle him, while also sending someone from the other side of the mountain wall to completely seal off Perkz.

Perkz directly charged onto SSG's high ground, taking heavy damage from the high ground turret, leaving him with a sliver of health, then he slid along the high ground wall toward mid lane.

At this point, SSG realized something was wrong, knowing Perkz was as good as dead, so they left only Feiji behind while the rest rushed toward the Elder Dragon pit.

As a result, Shen directly used his full combo on Perkz, seemingly trying to save Perkz and let him escape high ground.

Perkz dodged Feiji's missile and phospho bomb, withstood the rest of the damage using Shen's shield, then countered with a Stone Pierce combo, wiping out half of Crown's health.

SSG's members were stunned, fearing Crown might truly be counter-killed, so they quickly sent members back.

Ruler hid in the shadow below the high ground wall and fired a Piercing Arrow, finally taking Perkz's head. Shen, of course, also did not come down.

This escape, starting from the moment Perkz destroyed the turret, lasted nearly half a minute in total. During that half minute, Perkz not only had clear thinking and perfect decisions, but his operations were nothing short of miraculous, dodging countless skills.

SSG ultimately killed Perkz, but Perkz had already bought enough time.

Naturally, the rest of G2 were stealing the Elder Dragon.

In fact, by the time SSG realized it, it was already too late. When Ambition arrived, he just saw Ashe fire a hook that lifted flying feathers across the ground, plus Jiu Tong's Smite, instantly clearing the Elder Dragon's last over one thousand health.

Ambition turned and ran.

G2 didn't chase; everyone recalled on the spot.

At that moment, the cheers at the venue surged like mountains and seas collapsing, countless people roaring loudly "Perkz awesome," having been won over by Perkz.

The director cut the camera to backstage.

Coach Edgar had a dazed expression.

Meanwhile, in the G2 rest room, G2 owner Ka Lao Si sat at the computer with reddened eye sockets.

Behind the screen, countless European viewers also had wet eyes. At several offline viewing venues in Berlin, countless people shouted in unison "Let'sgoG2," their voices shaking the heavens.

G2 pushed forward with the Elder Dragon buff, destroying all of SSG's external defensive towers within three minutes, and finally broke SSG's bottom lane high ground before the Elder Dragon buff ended.

G2 began executing the four-one split push, still with Perkz's Yanque leading the bottom lane.

Cuvee's Nal had explosive development, finishing Black Cleaver in over ten minutes and switching to pure tank gear, not even building Ice Hammer. But his economy was still too poor, and moreover, he needed to prepare to tank damage in late-game team fights, so he couldn't stack magic resistance. Thus, Cuvee couldn't withstand Perkz's Yanque in solo lane, and SSG could only send Crown's Feiji over to defend.

But Crown also couldn't withstand it.

At thirty-five minutes, Perkz hid in the blue side's bottom second turret anti-grass bush and fired a Stone Pierce combo, wiping out about half of Crown's health.

Crown used W to flee, but Perkz used his ultimate to catch up.

Crown used Flash to escape to high ground, but Perkz followed with Flash and Rock Break, lifting him back down, then immediately fired a second Stone Pierce—two puffs—directly shooting him dead.

SSG acted wisely, not coming again to surround and kill, otherwise they would have been rushed by G2's other four members from the other side onto high ground.

But the problem of being short-handed could not be solved.

Perkz brought the super minion to high ground, continuously applying pressure to the Inhibitor Tower.

SSG sent members to defend, while G2's four members on the other lane knew SSG wouldn't dare engage, so they directly charged forward to destroy the mid lane high ground tower.

SSG knew they couldn't hold it, so they directly retreated to defend the Inhibitor Tower.

G2, seeing this, directly split their forces into two lanes, destroying SSG's mid and bottom lane high grounds.

Thus, SSG only had two Inhibitor Towers and one crystal left.

At thirty-seven minutes, SSG's five members were surrounded by countless super minions; Ambition barely managed to engage, but G2's members scattered like birds and beasts, refusing to fight.

Ambition had no Flash or displacement, was surrounded by dense super minions, and giant fists kept pounding him—just like that, he was beaten to death…

At thirty-eight minutes, Liang Yan, who had heard teammates shouting loudly nearby and couldn't help but open the live stream, silently watched as SSG's base exploded like a firework.

It was unexpected, yet made sense, because it was won by individual player skill.

Perkz completed a thorough personal showcase, his divine status more solidified, and he conquered countless people.

【Now you know why Perkz ranks first in Riot Games' top 20, right?】

【Indeed awesome, the King of Europe truly deserves it!】

【G2 is too strong, VG is in danger!】

【Before I thought LZ > VG > SKT > SSG > G2, but after watching this match, I changed my mind—it should be LZ > G2 > VG > SKT > SSG!】

【Can Dragon Pearl boast without even fighting a tough battle?】

【Now it seems G2 has a higher chance of winning the championship; as long as G2 wins again this year, their honor will surpass Faker's, and Perkz will truly be the Number One Mid Laner.】

【Fourth Seed is awesome!】

【Jiao Shen isn't even in G2 anymore, yet they're still the Fourth Seed?】

……

In the post-match interview, Perkz was quite humble.

Ren Dong asked: "What do you think G2's chance of winning the championship is?"

Perkz replied: "I can only be certain we will definitely reach the semifinals; as for whether we can win the championship, I think we need some luck."

The European audience did not feel disappointed because of this.

Because this is the hard truth.

Not to mention G2, in this year's World Championship, any team wanting to win the championship needs some luck. Take VG for example—even the most die-hard VG fans wouldn't dare say VG could win no matter how they play; if they really had bad luck and were drawn to face SSG in the quarterfinals, SKT in the semifinals, and G2 in the finals, even Jiao Shen could only helplessly surrender.

Liang Yan, however, noticed a hint of helplessness in Perkz's expression during the interview.

And fatigue.

Bo1 can be played like this, but what about Bo5?